Unai Emery was proud of how Aston Villa found a way to win against Leicester City on Tuesday night.
The Foxes put up a fight at King Power Stadium and pulled themselves level after Ollie Watkins had opened the scoring.
A red card for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall changed the dynamic of the game, and the visitors were able to press home their numerical advantage when Bertrand Traoré scored a stunning winner.
“It was a very, very different match today to the one we played against Chelsea, and we had to adapt,” Emery said.
“They were both difficult matches but different. Our adaptation against Chelsea was perfect and our adaptation against Leicester was perfect.
“When they had one player less, we tried to compete the same and not use different ways to win, trying to respect them, firstly.
“We tried to get moments to score and be clinical, and we did it.”
He added: “We are very happy with Bertrand Traoré. He’s a very appreciated man in the dressing room.
“He decided to help us, coming back from Turkey, and everybody appreciates the guy he is and how he can help us like he did today.”
Victory followed hot on the heels of a 2-0 success at Stamford Bridge on Saturday and extended the team’s unbeaten run to six games.
Villa ended the night in seventh place in the Premier League, and Emery says he will continue to push his team forward.
He said: “Firstly, I want to remember our supporters – how they are supporting us, how they are pushing us.
“We’re enjoying it with them, they’re enjoying it with us – it’s very important. We’re progressing in the table and now we’re in the top ten.
“We’re competing with very big teams and it will be difficult to keep this position but we have possibilities if we keep being competitive and fighting like we are now.
“We’re being very demanding every day in training and when we are preparing for matches to try and catch the teams that are in European positions.”