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Buendia: Save shows we have a strong man in goal
Birmingham Mail
|November 12, 2025
EMI Buendia admits that the summer transfer window may have unsettled Emi Martínez, but says the goalkeeper is now fully refocused at Aston Villa.
Emi Buendia celebrates scoring the opening goal from a free kick
The 33-year-old made a crucial penalty save in Villa's 4-0 win over Bournemouth while the score was still 2-0, before Ross Barkley and Donyell Malen put the game beyond reach on Sunday.
Buendia’s free-kick opened the scoring, with Amadou Onana doubling the lead later in the first half. However, it was Bournemouth who created the first big chance of the game, as Martínez denied Evanilson from inside the box.
At the start of the second half, Bournemouth piled on the pressure, but Martinez produced a stunning save to claw Alex Scott's deflected effort from underneath the bar and turn it out for a corner.
This story is from the November 12, 2025 edition of Birmingham Mail.
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