A total feat, Emery and Villa engrave their names in the Premier League history books

They have come to stay. Or, at least, that's what their numbers show. Unai Emery's Aston Villa is earning its own right to be considered a candidate for the Premier League title. Manchester City and Arsenal have already passed through Birmingham and both succumbed to the Basque's villains. There are now 15 consecutive victories at Villa Park, which has become the most impregnable fiefdom in Europe.

The last to fall was Arteta's Arsenal. The Gunners were leaders, but Unai's giant killer took an advantage in the 3rd minute that he would not relinquish throughout the match. Three days before, it was Manchester City's turn. The villains have thus become the fourth team to face the competition leader twice consecutively and emerge victorious in both games.

All promoted under a deafening atmosphere of a stadium that has not seen its team lose since February 18, 2023 against Arsenal itself. There are 15 consecutive games, the longest streak in the entire history of the Birmingham club. Unai Emery thus becomes the 5th coach in the entire history of the Premier League to achieve a streak of such magnitude. Only Mancini, Guardiola, Klopp and Sir Alex Ferguson had achieved something similar.

The former coach of PSG, Arsenal and Sevilla, among others, has already achieved 26 victories in 41 games (he has only lost 20% of his matches) with his new club. When he arrived at Birmingham, they were a relegation candidate. Now, they are to the title. At the beginning there were seven main teams, but we are going to fight to be there, the coach confessed after his new victory.

Emery shows patience

The Basque knows that the season could be very long for his team, so he advocates patience to call themselves candidates for the title. We are not contenders. We are in the top four and that is what we must try to maintain until the end of the season, he stated after the match.