Aston Villa latest: McGinn keen to make Nou Camp visit a regular occurrence

"One thing I will say is the officials should know!"

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery:"We still have work to do. The last five (league) matches, we won three matches and we drew two matches. I think it’ not bad but with our poor stats, it is not enough." This draw is a disappointing result but a fair result. I think they deserved it as well, this draw." It was tough for us in the second half, more than the first half."

Second half, we knew we should try to play in the same way as in the first half, but they dominated more in the second half, they created chances and they scored a goal. "We created some chances and we could have even won the match, but I think it was a fair result."

We need to keep going forward and change quick our mind before the next match on Tuesday in the Champions League against Barcelona, and then we are going to prepare the next match before the break which is Manchester United away, so we keep going forward."

Aston Villa fans still sing about having the world's number one goalkeeper. But what started as a chant for Emiliano Martinez and morphed into defiant support for young Japanese goalkeeper Zion Suzuki has become something else. They actually believe it.

Unai Emery delivered a cryptic response when asked if Johan Manzambi and Nicolas Jackson were rested in midweek against Bournemouth. Both players have impressed since arriving in the summer transfer window but neither were present in the matchday squad for the 3-0 defeat in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.

When asked about that and their availability to face Fulham, live on Sky Sports, Emery said: "For different reasons, not only rest. We are going to train and normally yes [they will be fine to play]."

Sky Sports analyses why Aston Villa was the perfect destination for Nicolas Jackson after his Chelsea exit this summer...Read more here:

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has urged his players to put their Carabao Cup disappointment behind them and focus on the challenges ahead. The five-time League Cup winners were bidding to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since finishing runners-up in 2020 but were beaten 3-0 by Bournemouth on Wednesday evening. “We are out of this competition, but we have a lot of challenges in front of us,” said Emery.

“We have Fulham on Saturday, and Premier League is the priority. “Then we have the Champions League and FA Cup. The Carabao Cup was a competition for a trophy and we were excited and motivated to get something. Now we keep going forward.” Emery made nine changes for the fourth-round clash at the Vitality Stadium after ending Manchester City’s unbeaten start to the Premier League campaign with a 2-1 win last Saturday.

His experimental line-up registered 17 attempts at goal but could not prevent Villa’s first defeat in eight games as strikes from Amine Adli, Lewis Cook and Alvaro Rodriguez sent Bournemouth through to a last-eight tie away to Liverpool. Emery also looked for positives in the defeat, highlighting the value of giving minutes to fringe players, including substitute Alejandro Garnacho.

“(We must) move on, try to analyse and get positive things: Taylor (Harwood-Bellis) playing, Marco Bizot playing, (Leon) Goretzka playing, (Alejandro) Garnacho as well having 30 minutes to play, getting confidence and understanding our structure, understanding our level and the difficulties in the Premier League with teams like Bournemouth,” said Emery.

Kaynak: Sky Sports · Özgün metin İngilizcedir.