Unai Emery speaks …
Ollie Watkins scored a brace as Aston Villa beat Newcastle with ease. “I am very thankful, firstly, to the supporters because today they help,” he tells BT Sport. “Our game plan was one in which the players were very focused on what to do. Offensively and defensively focused for 90 minutes. We conceded only one corner and this is a team who have had more corners than anyone else this season.
“We have to be balanced and not think that after this victory everything is going to be easy. Completely different, it’s going to be very difficult because now we are a new target. But this challenge I want to take with the players.”
Kieran Trippier speaks: “From minute one we knew we weren’t right,” he tells BT Sport. “Aston Villa came out of the traps quickly; The way we played wasn’t ourselves. We’ve got to forget about his result as we have big games coming up.
“[I expect the manager to] go mad, to be honest. Like I said before, out of possession we are normally aggressive and press. Today in possession we were long ball and that’s unlike us. We will focus on the game against Spurs.”
Ollie Watkins scored a brace as Aston Villa beat Newcastle with ease
Eddie Howe speaks …
“I think it’s one of those performances that we need to analyze and then probably move on quite quickly because we weren’t there today,” he tells BT Sport. “Aston Villa played very well, you have to give them a lot of credit, but from our own high standards, we were probably off it in every discipline of the game. When that’s the case, you’re never going to win.”
Match report: Aston Villa 3-0 Newcastle United
Premier League: Ollie Watkins will be prominent in watching Gareth Southgate’s thoughts after scoring two goals and superbly laying on another in an impressive destruction of Newcastle. Ben Fisher reports from Villa Park …
