Emery shove on ‘his son’ Tielemans overshadows Villa victory in Europa League
The Spaniard later buried the hatchet with Tielemans, who he described as “my son” on TV, with the pair said to have hugged in the dressing room. Tielemans had been booked in the 89th minute for time-wasting when he took too long to take a free-kick near the corner flag. He had claimed he could not hear the whistle in the noisy Istanbul stadium. Villa closed out the game and have now qualified directly to the last 16. It had been a positive night for Villa and Emery up until that point, with the victory the Spaniard’s 20th European win with the club in just 31 games. Only David Moyes with West Ham (28), Bill Nicholson with Spurs (29) and Bob Paisley at Liverpool (29) have reached 20 wins in fewer games with an English club. Jadon Sancho’s first-half header was enough to give Villa a narrow victory and guarantee them one of the eight automatic qualification places in the league table. The solitary goal was Sancho’s first since joining Villa on loan from Manchester …

