"Happy, yes, but we are trying to get balance in everything. We played the first leg here and won, and it is a fantastic result. But we still have the second leg to play."
"In the first half, we were a bit shy. We needed to try to make more passes, to get better positions in the attacking third, but we were losing the ball easily."
"The result was much better than the match we played in the first half. But in the second half, it was completely different. We dominated them and controlled the game like we planned to in the first half."
"In the second leg, they are going to try to suppress us and my message inside the dressing room is to keep playing the second leg with the same plan."
Aston Villa secured a 3-1 victory over Bologna in the Europa League quarter-final first leg, with Ollie Watkins scoring twice. This win marked Villa's first-ever victory in Italy and their 24th in major European competitions this season. Despite the advantage, Unai Emery stressed the importance of maintaining focus for the return leg at Villa Park. He acknowledged the team's need for improvement in the first half and emphasized the significance of set-pieces. Emery urged his players to stick to their game plan for the second leg.
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