Unai Emery comments on Aston Villa's strong performance against Tottenham
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 19, 2026, 3:07 PM
Last updated Sep 19, 2026
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery praised his team's resilience and clinical performance in a challenging match against Tottenham on September 19, 2026. Villa managed to score three goals, with Nicolas Jackson contributing significantly to the game. Emery highlighted the team's effective defensive strategy and their opportunistic play when attacking. Villa's Johan Manzambi also made history by becoming one of the youngest players to score on his Premier League debut for the club.
- •Unai Emery commended the team's defensive resilience.
- •Nicolas Jackson has scored five of his 25 Premier League goals against Tottenham.
- •Johan Manzambi is the third-youngest player to score on his Premier League debut for Aston Villa.
- •Emiliano Buendía ranks high in scoring from outside the penalty area this season.
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"Five of Nicolas Jackson's 25 Premier League goals have come against Tottenham, netting more against Spurs in the competition than any other side. Since the start of last season, only Dominik Szoboszlai (eight) has scored more goals from outside the penalty area among Premier League players in all competitions than Emiliano Buendía (six). Johan Manzambi (20y 240d) is the third-youngest player to score on their first Premier League start for Aston Villa behind Gabriel Agbonlahor v Everton in March 2006 (19 years 156 days) and Carlton Cole v Southampton in August 2004 (20 years and 307 days) and just the second Villan to both score and assist on their first Premier League start after Kevin Phillips against Bolton Wanderers in August 2005.
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