Unai Emery was delighted with Aston Villa’s away day victory against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Ollie Watkins’ first Premier League goal of the season propelled the Villans to a win on the back of a strong display in west London.
And head coach Emery was more than happy with what he saw.
“I’m very happy for our supporters and for our reaction,” he said.
“We have to separate each competition, and in the Premier League we’re trying to be consistent. We were playing against a top seven team, a candidate to be like Newcastle and Liverpool.
“We lost those matches not being competitive and today at Chelsea I was very concerned that we needed to be competitive; we needed to face the match trying to be consistent in 90 minutes.
“We needed to be strong defensively, strong at keeping ball possession and to face them being comfortable and feeling that we could win. Of course, we struggled sometimes and we need the goalkeeper.
“At the end, we did it. We were very competitive in this match and we played being comfortable defensively and with the ball. At the end we won and I’m very happy for everybody.”
Emery also had praise for Watkins, who has impressed him with his attitude and desire to improve in training.
He said: “Always we need the goals of our strikers, and I’m very happy with him because he’s always trying to be committed with his teammates.
“His behaviour every day is very good and he was practicing a lot and trying to get his best performances from the team.
“Today he scored and we’re very happy for him and for our victory.”
