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Emery shove on ‘his son’ Tielemans overshadows Villa victory in Europa League

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 …

Youri Tielemans keeps Aston Villa’s European dream on track

Youri Tielemans keeps Aston Villa’s European dream on track

Aston Villa make the trip to Switzerland to take on Basel at St. Jakob-Park on matchday six of the Europa League. These clubs met in the 2001 Uefa Intertoto Cup, with Aston Villa winning 5-2 on aggregate to qualify for the Uefa Cup. Aston Villa have not suffered defeat since losing 2-0 at Liverpool at the start of November, winning their last seven games on the trot in all competitions and 13 of their last 15. That includes beating Premier League leaders Arsenal 2-1 at Villa Park last weekend, meaning they sit third just three points off Arsenal. Unai Emery’s side have won four of their first five Europa League matches this season, with their only defeat coming away at Go Ahead Eagles. They are third on 12 points in the big table, level on points with Lyon and Midtjylland above them. “We are in December and of course there are still a lot of matches to play in different competitions,” Emery said. “We have a lot of things to improve, but [from] how we …