Unai Emery examined how the last year has gone for Aston Villa as a club.
The Villans found their consistency in the spring during the 2024/25 campaign, chasing a top five position in the Premier League, a deep Champions League run, and FA Cup glory. In the end, they fell short of their domestic objectives, but a 3-2 second leg victory over eventual European champions Paris Saint-Germaingave another impression of the excellent work undertaken at Villa Park.
A slow start to the new campaign
A stagnant summer saw the side start slowly in the new campaign, scoreless in their first four league fixtures and winless in their first five. However, the team have only failed to defeat Go Ahead Eagles and Liverpool since the start of October, beating Arsenal, Tottenham and both Manchester clubs on the way to a top three position in the table. Emery is enjoying life in the Midlands more than ever.
Emery on being demanding and consistent
“In the process we have, being demanding and being consistent, my analysis depends on each moment. The season we did in the Champions League and getting to the quarterfinals was fantastic.
“In the league as well, how we again got sixth position was fantastic. My idea is to try to improve everything and get new challenges, collectively and individually with the players.
“How we can create and build here a strong structure in our mentality, with the players, tactically and individually, trying to improve them and get their individual challenges, helping us as a team.
“We want to create and build emotions with our supporters, enjoy different moments. Sharing emotions with the supporters
We want to enjoy how we shared with them a semi-final of the FA Cup last year, a quarter-final of the Champions League, two years ago a semi-final of the Conference League.
“They are moments that can help us to connect with our supporters and feel something together and have experiences like we did.”
