Manager of the month for January? Unai Emery surely...
Aston Villa have been transformed under Unai Emery, but is it fair to say that all they had to in order to improve was ‘get a better head coach in’?
As things stand, they’re only three points off sixth-placed Brighton, while a win from their home match against Leicester City at the start of next month could put them above both Liverpool and Chelsea in the Premier League table. It is a stunning turnaround following a dismal start to the season, which can be summed up by one stark statistic: Aston Villa won two from the 11 Premier League games that they played this season under Gerrard. They’ve won six of nine since.
In their first season back, two wins and two draws from their last four games kept them up, just one point above Bournemouth and Watford. After the 2020/21 season started with four straight wins – including that 7-2 pummelling of Liverpool – they settled into a comfortable mid-table position, with Jack Grealish in particular earning a level of admiration which saw him secure a nine-figure transfer to Manchester City.
But considering the absolute state they were in by Steven Gerrard’s last game in charge, to complain too loudly about these things feels somewhat churlish. Far better to win 2-1 against Leeds and 1-0 against Southampton than to lose 3-0 to Fulham. And it’s worth recalling that since Gerrard left the club, Aston Villa have beaten Manchester United, Spurs and Brighton.
It’s the first time in 14 to 15 years of my career that the assistant coach does all the talking, Michael Beale.”
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