Unai Emery makes Ollie Watkins claim after letting Danny Ings leave Aston Villa

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"It is a good pressure for him, if he is feeling it," Emery smiled. His goal today was very good for him, for the team and we got the three points. "He's a competitor, and he's a striker, so when he's not scoring he's not happy, but I'm so happy with his work and how he's helping the team. Offensively we needed to press, we needed to be together, we needed to keep possession of the ball from our long balls. "The last match we won away against Brighton and Tottenham were different because we needed to defend a lot," Emery reasoned.
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