"Emery watched on as his side came back from Raul Jimenez's third-minute header at Villa Park in style, led by Emiliano Buendia's impressive contribution from the bench. The Villans had hauled themselves level in the 37th minute through Ollie Watkins' first Premier League goal of the season, with Emery choosing to be proactive at the break. He replaced Harvey Elliott with Buendia, and the latter made an instant impact as he fed John McGinn, who picked out the bottom-left corner"
"Emery's team have now put together back-to-back victories in all competitions at Villa Park after starting their Europa League campaign with a 1-0 win over Bologna in midweek, and the Spaniard highlighted the importance of winning on home soil. "I'm happy. Overall, we kept the consistency we achieved on Thursday, but we started a little bit low on energy. We conceded one goal, and it was again"
Aston Villa recovered from an early Raul Jimenez header to secure their first Premier League win of the season. Ollie Watkins levelled in the 37th minute with his first league goal of the campaign. Unai Emery replaced Harvey Elliott with Emiliano Buendia at half-time, and Buendia immediately assisted John McGinn's long-range strike before scoring himself two minutes later. Buendia registered a goal and an assist in the same Premier League match for only the second time in his career. Villa's league victory came at the sixth attempt, the latest first win since 1969-70, and followed a midweek Europa League win over Bologna.
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