Has Emery made Aston Villa title contenders?
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The Athletic
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🗓️ 11 December 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
After beating Man City on Wednesday night, Aston Villa backed that up against Arsenal on Saturday, seeing off Mikel Arteta's side 1-0 at Villa Park.
Having won 15 games in a row at home, Unai Emery has now taken Villa to within two points of the Premier League summit.
So what is possible for Aston Villa this season and should they be considered title contenders?
Ayo Akinwolere is joined by The Athletic's Football Correspondent David Ornstein, Aston Villa writer Jacob Tanswell and Data Writer Thom Harris to discuss Villa's remarkable transformation under Emery.
Produced by Guy Clarke
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
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| 0:00.0 | After beating Manchester City on Wednesday night, Aston Villa backed that up against Arsenal on Saturday. |
| 0:13.4 | Again, it's the sharpest of starts for Aston Villa and it's their captain, John McGinn, who has Arsenal on the back foot. |
| 0:26.3 | Having won 15 games in a row at home, Unae Emory has now taken Villa to within two points of the Premier League Summit. |
| 0:33.8 | So what is possible for Aston Villa this season? |
| 0:36.8 | And should they be considered title contenders? |
| 0:40.9 | When you beat CT on Arsenal in a week, one game controlling them. |
| 0:45.5 | Like, I've never seen mine CT being controlled. |
| 0:47.8 | Then suffering against Arsenal for 85 minutes and managing to win again. |
| 0:51.7 | I'm a believer mate. |
| 0:52.6 | I'm Ayahu Akimolare. |
| 0:53.7 | Welcome to the Athletic I'm a believer mate. I'm Ayahu Akim Alare. Welcome to the |
| 0:54.4 | Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 1:03.8 | Joining us for the Athletic Football podcast today, we've got the Athletic Football Correspondent, David |
| 1:08.4 | Ornstein, Astinv Villa writer, Jacob Tanswell, |
| 1:11.7 | and also our data writer, Tom Harris, as well. |
| 1:14.8 | Jacob, let's get into this, right? |
| 1:17.3 | And I'm just going to use your words, |
| 1:18.8 | Aston Villa beating Manchester City and Arsenal. |
| 1:22.1 | New ground being broken and progress being made under Unae Emery. |
| 1:26.7 | It's sort of been a remarkable four or five days, really. |
| 1:29.8 | You know, everyone was really anticipating Arsenal, Man City. |
| 1:33.5 | You know, Vila, have been on this incredible home-winning run. |
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