Unai Emery relieved after revealing Aston Villa sub plan
Unai Emery confirmed he was about to take Ollie Watkins off moments before the striker netted Villa’s equaliser in Saturday’s thrilling 2-2 draw at Arsenal.
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Watkins volleyed home Matty Cash’s cross to complete a superb fightback which saw the visitors come from two goals down to take a point.
Duran was stood on the sidelines waiting to come on when Watkins scored and Emery later admitted he was about to make a change up front.
“They are moments in the game,” said Emery. “He (Watkins did a fantastic job). I wanted to change him for Jhon Duran because I wanted a fresh player doing the same work.
“But when he scored, in that moment, I preferred to wait because in that moment he was excited.
