"In this stadium, how they are pushing here with the supporters, really huge atmosphere. How we were feeling, our supporters supporting us and helping us, it was really fantastic. And then we played the match with discipline. We were defensively, getting a huge responsibility to stop them, to avoid getting in our box creating chances and we did. We had a lot of transition to score one more, one goal like we did and more."
"And when we could dominate with the ball as well, we were really getting good positions on the field with the players. Every player did a really huge effort and playing in the commitment we need, fantastic in our gameplan. We suffered a little bit in the second half for 15 mins, they scored one goal and were refused by VAR. But it was circumstantial because overall we created more chances, we had another goal as we"
Unai Emery thanked the 2,000 Aston Villa supporters who travelled to Turkiye after Jadon Sancho's first-half header secured a 1-0 win over Fenerbahce and ensured Villa's place in the Europa League last 16. The match was Emery's 100th Europa League game in charge across five clubs: Valencia (20), Sevilla (39), Arsenal (20), Villarreal (14) and Villa (seven). The victory marked Emery's 20th major European win with Villa in 31 games, an achievement only matched faster by David Moyes (28), Bill Nicholson (29) and Bob Paisley (29) in England. Villa managed disciplined defending, created several transitions and withstood a VAR-refused Fenerbahce goal.
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