“I am looking forward to watching how we will respond,” says Unai Emery as his Aston Villa team come into this off the back of two opening defeats and a tumultuous transfer window.
We are trying to build again our structure as strong as possible. Today is a new opportunity to try to get better. Our preparation was good last week. We were close, more or less, to be in a good shape with the players [against Arsenal].
Today is a new challenge against Hull City, who are performing fantastically. Already they are confident. This is our challenge.
I know Aston Villa had a lot of changes. They sold a lot of players – a lot of good players. This is also our chance today to push them. Maybe there is pressure on them but they are used to this.
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