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UNAI EMERY lambasted his “lazy” Aston Villa boys after they threw away a lead against 10-man Sunderland.

- JOHN TOWNLEY

The Villa gaffer slammed his team for being workshy off the ball, failing to compete in duels and lacking a clear identity.

The Villans played with a numerical advantage for over an hour after Reinildo was sent off for kicking Matty Cash.

Cash opened the scoring in the 67th minute before Wilson Isidor levelled to prolong Villa's wait for a Premier League win.

And Emery said: “We're not playing like I want.

“We have to adapt some new players in the structure and need time with them. Others know we want to control the game with the ball.

“We had one player more. We didn't control the game doing passes, passes and passes. We did not take the right moment to attack them.

“When we are playing away, we have to fight duels but we were not fighting all the duels.