After Aston Villa defeated Arsenal on Saturday night, staking a further claim to be regarded as title contenders, Unai Emery praised Emi Martinez.
Emery was speaking with Sky Sports (broadcast on September 12, at 20:12), following the Villans’ goal that pulled them within one point of the Gunners.
Emi Martinez assisted Villa in keeping their record unblemished against his old team. The Argentinean doesn’t require motivation to get ready for a situation like this. Additionally, he produced several clutch saves to deny Mikel Arteta’s team.
Honoring Emi Martinez is Unai Emery.
The finest save of the game was undoubtedly made by Martinez in the first half when he skillfully stopped Martin Odegaard. The captain of Arsenal did a poor job of hiding where he intended to try to focus his efforts. However, Martinez displayed exceptional anticipation to make the correct guess and, ultimately, make the stop with relative ease.
Although all of his players would have been proud of them yesterday, Unai Emery seemed especially happy with Martinez’s performance.
“Happy, happy, happy,” We were worn out from the difficult match, but we got off to a strong start. Although they were forcing their will on the field, our goalie was outstanding, he told Sky Sports.
We made more of an effort to defend and hold onto the ball than we did. We participated, and in a challenging week, those three points were fantastic. In addition to maintaining balance, we must be happy.
Now vying for the title is Aston Villa.
If Villa could go on and win the title, it would truly be an almost unreal couple of years. The 31-year-old could not have predicted, even three years ago, what would transpire in his professional life.
After paying £20 million to join Villa, Martinez has won two World Cups and the Copa America. In addition, he was named the world’s best goalkeeper.
His career has come a long way, considering how often he was loaned out to Arsenal.
And for many, it might be a victory over his old team that proves Aston Villa is still very much in the running for the Premier League championship.
