Emery on celebrating with Prince William and the importance of Villa Park after reaching Europa League final
Emery on celebrating with Prince William and the importance of Villa Park after reaching Europa League final Unai Emery revealed that Prince William celebrated Aston Villa’s Europa League semi-final win with the players in the dressing room. After coming into the second leg of the tie 1-0 down, goals from Ollie Watkins, Emiliano Buendia and two from captain John McGinn turned the tie on its head. Emery spoke about his side’s celebrations after a historic night for the football club.
“We spoke to the Prince William,” he said. “Yes, yes, yes. He was in the dressing room with the players and with me.
And of course, he’s so happy as well. ” Aston Villa are currently 5th in the Premier League, but lost their last match in the competition at home to Tottenham. Emery says that despite getting to the final.
Villa must stay focused on both competition until the end of the season. “We need the Premier League,” he said. “We are not being consistent in the Premier League.
In the last part of the season we have another opportunity because we are doing, overall, we are being so consistent in 35 matches, but not recently. “I want to try to focus now the match on Sunday and try to get through the Premier League to get the Champions League position, because that is our fight now. Hopefully, we can get through it, through the Premier League, and then play the final.