Unai Emery expressed his thoughts on a 4-0 win for Aston Villa against Bournemouth.
The Villans had beaten **Maccabi Tel Aviv**2-0 in the Europa League in midweek to earn their third triumph in **Europa League**across four fixtures in the league phase on Thursday evening. However, they could not expect to walk away with the three points at Villa Park against the energetic Cherries.
The start of the showdown was even, but the quality of the hosts was decisive in key moments. Emiliano Buendia bent a brilliant free kick effort over the wall and into the back of the net before Amadou Onana found his range from outside the penalty area to double the lead before the break.
**Bournemouth**began the second half as the stronger of the two teams and earned a penalty through a handball from Morgan Rogers in his box. However, Emiliano Martinez made sure the momentum of the visitors stalled as he saved a strike from Antoine Semenyo, and from here, the game was safe.
Ross Barkley and **Donyell Malen**doubled the advantage for Emery’s men, and the head coach is impressed with the continued resurgence of a side that caused grave concerns in the first five weeks.
“I’m very happy how we are finishing before this break. Competing, being more responsible even in everything we’re doing, the players getting mature and competing.
*“Like we did this month against Tottenham, against Man City, against even Liverpool, losing, against Maccabi on Thursday and today - really fantastic, really fantastic. And how we are progressively getting better and performing better. The commitment we need to achieve, everybody and as a team, and connecting with our supporters here, with the energy we need, really fantastic.*
“And the quality of the players. Emiliano Buendia goal, Emiliano Martínez save, Donyell Malen goal, how we performed individually, each player with their rules helping the team: really fantastic.”