Aston Villa manager Emery hails matchwinner Watkins for victory at Chelsea

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25 Sep 2023 • 1:58 PM MYT
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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery was full of praise for star striker Ollie Watkins.

Despite not having scored for 12 league matches prior to this weekend, Emery kept faith with Waktins.

He was rewarded, as the forward scored in a 1-0 win over Chelsea, with Emery praising his commitment and attitude post-game.

He told reporters: He works hard every day in practice with his teammates.

His commitment to the club is amazing and really, we will need his goals like today.

I think his first objective is to try to get his performance to the team, scoring as well helping us. This is the mentality we want.

Watkins' commitment every day is very high. Every day he wants to improve. He wants to work and to help the team.

When he is scoring then we are happy for him because he always deserves to score. He is trying to get his objective and target through the team. First is to win and then it is to score. Today we won and he scored. It's brilliant for the team."