Emery: "I think we can do better but I think we were passionate in our way"
Unai Emery expressed his satisfaction with Aston Villa's victory over Nottingham Forest but believes the team can still improve.
Second-half strikes from Bertrand Traoré and Ollie Watkins gave Aston Villa a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest in their fourth consecutive Premier League victory.
was pleased by a third straight win at Villa Park but pointed out some areas for improvement.
"I’m very happy for the fans",
he said to the club website.
“At home we are taking clean sheets, three times in the last three matches, and we’ve scored six goals, and we are winning.
“I’m very demanding with our idea, our style, and how we can improve each match getting better. Today, I’m very, very happy with the result but I’m going to analyse the game because I think we can do better and improve.
“We can be demanding of ourselves to continue in our way.”
Emery was pleased with his side's performance in overcoming Forest, who set out to make it hard for Villa from the first whistle.
“Each match is very different.
“The last match at home against Bournemouth was very different; against Chelsea very different; very different against Leicester and today the same. We have to adapt.
“We have to be patient when the opponent is waiting lower than other teams have done. We have to understand, adapt and then try to impose our idea.
“We have to have the same objective of attacking them but being intelligent, being smart and trying to occupy good spaces.
“Today, was a match in 90 minutes to be smart and play in different moves during the match. We didn’t want to concede transitions because they are very good playing in transition, and we did it.
“We played well. I think we can do better but I think we were passionate in our way.”
Aston Villa have scored in all 17 PL games under Unai Emery, the longest such run by any team in PL this season.
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