- MANCHESTER — Midfielder Youri Tielemans was left frustrated after Aston Villa
fell to a 94th-minute goal in Wednesday’s (IST) 2-1 defeat against Manchester
City at the Etihad Stadium.
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- Portuguese holding midfielder Matheus Nunes, who played
full-back on the day, struck deep into stoppage time to seal all three points
in a tightly-contested encounter in Manchester, ensuring Villa left empty
handed.
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- The Belgian felt it was a game of fine margins, and that his
side’s efforts perhaps warranted more from the game. It’s very frustrating to
lose (in the) last minute of the game where we fought really hard. We blocked
pretty much everything other than their goal, their first one. We get the first
chance, they get the last one. They score; we don’t. That’s football, it’s just
really frustrating. To lose like that, on that last action, was so frustrating,
said Tielemans to Villa's website.
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- Villa's season is at a very sensitive turn with four Premier
League outings remaining after Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Crystal
Palace at Wembley. The loss against City means they still linger at seventh
place in the league table, two points behind fifth placed Newcastle United. They
could still push for UEFA Champions League qualification with games against
Fulham, Bournemouth, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United on the horizon.
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- The Belgian insists Unai Emery’s side will be “giving their
all” to make it a successful season. We've got four games in the Premier League
left, so we're just going to give our all, get a good result in and be back
where we want to be and hopefully be in the Champions League positions.
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- Saturday, we’ve got the semi-final, which we hopefully can
win and then we’ll see from there. We're now fully focused on that. We’re just
disappointed for tonight and we just have to analyse and see where we can be
better, he added.
