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'We are playing seriously'

Unai Emery celebrates with fans
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Aston Villa boss Unai Emery, speaking to TNT Sports: "We are playing seriously, we are playing focused, responsible and the team is progressing and mature in everything.

"We tried to break the press man to man. We conceded some things in the first 15 minutes but then reacted very well.

"It is always difficult at home in Europe. We have had to try and be consistent in our gameplan for 90 minutes and I think we did that today."

On substituting Amadou Onana at half time: "Tactical decision but as well he had some pain. [It is] not clear. I decided tactically and also not to take a risk with him."

On his strikers and Duran's reaction to being substituted: "They are working well. The commitment to help the team with quality and trying to understand as well.

“When he watched it, and thought we were going to change him, he accelerated and scored a goal – it was fantastic.

"He was wanting more because he was thinking he could score more goals. He did very good work and the last minutes is for Watkins and keep going."