UNAI EMERY has been branded a “politician in disguise” over his interview following Aston Villa’s 3-2 loss to Manchester United.
The surprise defeat came after Villa went in 2-0 ahead at half time thanks to goals from John McGinn and Leander Dendoncker.
The defeat was the first time the Villans have lost since early November, with Unai Emery’s side beating both Manchester City and Arsenal during that time.
His awkward interview came with the Amazon Prime TV crew, with the reporter asking him after the defeat: “Unai, what went wrong?”
Emery replied tentatively, after dramatically stroking his chin a number of times.
Rather than address the question directly, he said: “39 points, it’s amazing… But now you’re asking me in another direction.”
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The manager then let out a laugh as the reporter swiftly moved on and said: “On tonight, in that second half… Only tonight, only in that second half, obviously your season has been fantastic.”
Emery laughed again and said, “Good, good. Only tonight,” before continuing: “Only analyse tonight. Sixty minutes, fantastic. Fantastic.”
But the terse Emery wasn’t willing to expand further than that, clearly feeling his side’s amazing start to the season was enough to do all the talking.
An Aston Villa fan replied to the interview saying: “He’s a politician in disguise.”
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Another fan replied: “Why wouldn’t he be positive in our position. No Villa fan would realistically expect for us to be 3 points from the top of the league at the halfway point.”
A third said: “Rightly so, what a job this guy is doing.”
A fourth replied: “Unai is raging. I can tell.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
