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Unai Emery has solved Aston Villa’s early-season issues - now he must fix that leaky defence
11.10.26, 08:00 Updated 10.10.26, 23:45
There was a sense of unfamiliarity cloaking Aston Villa’s return to Premier League action on Saturday following the unusually long international break.
Then again, what has felt familiar about Villa’s campaign to date? New players, a three-sided stand and uncertainty over what to expect from Unai Emery’s side. Every facet of this new campaign has seemed unusual.
Some semblance of normality was what Emery searched for ahead of the visit of Brentford, as he bemoaned Villa’s recent abject home performances in Friday’s press conference. A formidable Villa Park has been the bedrock of Emery’s tenure, but had the Villans suffered defeat this weekend, it would have marked three successive defeats at home for the first time in his reign.
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Freelance reporter. Nearly a decade's experience in the media industry and a former Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool club correspondent. A Villa fan from birth, Michael was born in Birmingham but grew up in Belfast.