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Emery relief as Watkins scores at last to inspire Villa victory
The Guardian
|September 29, 2025
How Aston Villa needed this, a first league victory of the season easing the increased weight of expectation in these parts. A nervy Europa League win over Bologna on Thursday offered a slim platform on which to build but this week Unai Emery reiterated the Premier League remains Villa's priority.
The Villa manager informed his players they had to pick up three points and afterwards grinned as he acknowledged that while they are 16th in the Premier League, the table already makes better viewing.
Fulham punished Villa for another flat start with Raúl Jiménez heading in from a corner inside three minutes but Ollie Watkins' first goal of the season and two strikes across two second-half minutes, courtesy of John McGinn and Emiliano Buendía, earned a comeback victory.
"Delighted but relieved," was how McGinn put it afterwards and the Villa captain was naturally happy for Watkins after the striker ended his dry run. "He always has a spell in the season when it doesn't quite click for him," McGinn said. "Hopefully that shuts a few people up."
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