Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd: What Emery said

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery to BBC Match of the Day: “It is not the best result but it’s not the worst. I think a draw is fair. We played the second half much better than the first and at the end we were close to winning the match. We had two chances at the end of the game, we tried to score but I couldn’t think a draw is fair.

“Maybe today we needed some refreshed players. And we have some players injured. But the players we have they respond really well. We will need the players helping. We prepared this match trying to win, we didn’t do it but we have “To be overall happy with this month, how we are in the table and what we are trying to build.”

On Ezri Konsa’s injury: “I don’t know, hopefully it’s not a lot. Hopefully he can rest in the international break.

“We can have some days off [in the international break] we can recover our energy and try to push in the next month.

“We are being demanding and competing very well. We are happy in the Champions League, and happy of course in the Carabao Cup. We’re going to play seven matches in the next month. We have to stay competitive like we are now and being demanding.”