Aston Villa lost 1-0 to Brentford after Dango Ouattara scored on his Brentford debut in the 12th minute. Villa registered 17 shots but only two were on target, producing an xG of 1.23. The defeat left Villa without a win in their opening two league games for the first time since 2019-20 and scoreless across both matches for the first time since 2002-03. Villa have made three summer signings, including Evann Guessand, while operating under Profit and Sustainability Rules. Unai Emery signalled a need to clarify transfer circumstances and potentially add reinforcements.
"We have to improve things," said Emery. "We have to clarify some circumstances we have in the transfer window. "We have enough players, but we need to clarify some circumstances with some players staying or not or and the possibility we can have to add someone to help us."
"Today we competed bad. It was not enough and we conceded some minutes on the field that we have to try and avoid," Emery added. "We are not like we want. "The first 20 minutes, we weren't performing and playing with the intensity we needed and conceding one goal is more difficult. Today we are very disappointed with the result."
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