Aston Villa's Douglas Luiz relishes Manchester United loss in race for top four | SVTEM55 | 2024-02-27 16:08:01
Douglas Luiz was delighted to see Manchester United endure a shock defeat to Fulham on Saturday as Aston Villa had an excellent weekend in the race for a Champions League spot.
Villa beat Nottingham Forest Four-2 on Saturday afternoon, with Luiz scoring twice and both Ollie Watkins and Leon Bailey discovering the again of the web.
The win stored Unai Emery's aspect fourth in the Premier League table and their hunt for a Champions League place was boosted by the Pink Devils surprisingly dropping at house to Fulham.
Erik ten Hag's men at the moment are eight factors behind Villa after the defeat to the west London aspect and Luiz was very happy to see them stumble at Previous Trafford.
'We're really completely satisfied,' the Brazilian midfielder informed VillaTV. 'It's an enormous end result for us, it's great. The group might control the sport after scoring the four objectives and you should maintain going.
'It's a great outcome for us, Manchester United lost, it's good for us too. We have to maintain going.
'I scored two objectives, I'm really comfortable. I was feeling this earlier than the game, I stated to my girlfriend 'immediately, I score, 100 per cent' and I come to the pitch and rating twice. I'm really completely satisfied for the performance of the group.'
It's back-to-back wins for Villa after being crushed at residence by Manchester United, which appeared to be an enormous blow to their Champions League possibilities, however Emery is pleased with how they've recovered.
'Right now we confirmed our response like we did in Sheffield after we lost right here towards Newcastle,' stated the Spaniard.
'We did it once more in Fulham after we misplaced to Manchester United but we would have liked to verify it here with our character, enjoying like we performed immediately.
'We would have liked to feel snug right here enjoying with our type and our concept. The supporters need to comply with us they usually need to be pushing us, they did it. It was implausible, the day we spent here as we speak with our supporters profitable the match.'
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