Aston Villa manager Unai Emery spoke with Colombian striker Jhon Durán after the club’s victory over Bologna in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Unai Emery has revealed he had a brief chat with Jhon Durán following Aston Villa’s 2-0 win over Bologna after the striker showed his frustration at being taken off by punching and kicking seats on the substitutes’ bench.
Emery talks to Durán
Durán doubled Villa’s lead in the 64th minute, following John McGinn’s opening goal nine minutes earlier. The 20-year-old went ahead of the Colombian National Team center back Jhon Lucumí and pushed the ball past Lukasz Skorupski after a cross from Morgan Rogers.
Durán was going to be substituted before scoring anyway, as Ollie Watkins was set to come on, but he wasn’t happy about being replaced and made his feelings clear after sitting on the bench.
After the end of the match, Durán was all smiles as he went to collect the UEFA Man of the Match award after his impressive performance against Bologna.
“After the match and the press conference, I told him: ‘we won a Champions League match, you scored a goal in the Champions League, I don’t want to answer questions about this,'” Emery revealed on Friday afternoon before the clash. of Villa with Bournemouth on Saturday.
Emery justified the Colombian, understanding that he has a lot of energy to channel.
«Of course, he is young, sometimes he has passion and sometimes he shows his energy, positive and negative, but it is not relevant, it is not important.«Emery said.
And he added: “Because I spoke with him and in one minute we finished that conversation without problems. The problem is having to ask questions about it.”
Duran has scored seven goals in 12 appearances this season, despite only starting two games against Wycombe Wanderers in the Carabao Cup and Bologna in the Champions League.
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