Emery fears for Aston Villa’s Champions League top-eight chances
Despite losing this game, Aston Villa have been in good form recently, winning seven of their last 12 games.
As well as playing in Europe, Villa are also fighting for a top-four finish in the Premier League, with forwards Ollie Watkins and John Dolan key to their performances at home and abroad.
Watkins has scored 10 goals in all competitions so far this season, while Duran has scored 12, but Emery has mostly opted to rotate the two because he couldn’t make them effective as a partnership. to compete.
Watkins started against Monaco and Duran joined him in the attack in the 57th minute, but neither man could really threaten the home team before the end of the game.
“In the last 20 minutes we played with two strikers, but with two strikers our positioning was not organized the way I wanted,” Emery said.
“We have two good forwards. It’s a challenge for me to play with two forwards. Both are very good players but they didn’t perform well today.
“I made a mistake when I decided to use two strikers. Until that moment we more or less controlled the game.”
