Emery Datang, Villa Dekati Liga Champions dan Lewati Chelsea-Liverpool

05.04.2023 - 08:27 sport.detik.com

Sejak dilatih Unai Emery, performa Aston Villa menanjak. Sempat berada di jurang degradasi Liga Inggris pada awal musim, kini posisi Emiliano Martinez dkk tak jauh dari zona Liga Champions.

Sewaktu Emery datang menggantikan Steven Gerrard, Villa sebetulnya sudah keluar dari zona merah, namun jauh dari aman karena menempati posisi 16 usai menelan tujuh kekalahan dari 13 laga awal.

Pelatih asal Spanyol itu kemudian menunjukkan kualitasnya. Meski hanya membawa dua pemain baru di bursa transfer Januari dan kehilangan Danny Ings dan Anwar El Ghazi, Emery membawa Villa menang 10 kali di 16 laga berikutnya.

Posisi di klasemen pun melonjak. ADVERTISEMENT SCROLL TO RESUME CONTENT 32 - Since the weekend of Unai Emery's first game in charge (November 5/6), only Arsenal (41) and Manchester City (35) have earned more points in the Premier League than Aston Villa (32).

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