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Aston Villa boss Unai Emery, speaking to BBC Match of the Day after their defeat by Man Utd: "Bad result. We played 90 minutes trying to continue in our mentality and the good form we had in Lille, but today was a huge challenge. The first half was equal.
Second half we started poor, they dominated more and we needed to react and try to get control of the game. " On if mistakes are costing his team: "Yes. This is the key.
When you can keep the ball and try to stop them with the ball, it's like we want. In 90 minutes a lot of things happen, some we did fantastic and some we missed momentum. Overall we needed to play smart with our idea.
"Manchester United are at a high level and to face them today was a huge challenge for us. We are competing and were with the same points, today we finish three points behind them. Keep going, we must use the points we had before to try to keep going, keep fighting and keep recovering tactically and with confidence.
" Did you know? Aston Villa have lost three consecutive Premier League games, their longest run since February 2023. It's as many defeats as they had suffered in their 17 previous league matches prior (W11 D3 L3).