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John Townley

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David Moyes: "I've got great respect for the manager, and great respect for Aston Villa. What they've done in recent seasons - they've been amazing. Until you're in Europe and playing league games, it's hard to explain how difficult it is. They've done brilliantly well." #AVFC

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Unai Emery insists Jadon Sancho is still hungry to realise his potential and backs the winger to return to the England squad if he can rediscover his best form at #AVFC. "He performed very well at Chelsea. He had problems at Man Utd, but at Borussia Dortmund, he was fantastic."

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Arrived at Everton's new 52,000-seater home, where Aston Villa are targeting their first win of the season. No PL side has won more points than Everton since the start of May, and only Liverpool have scored more goals. #AVFC

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#AVFC starting XI vs Everton: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Bogarde, Tielemans, McGinn, Buendia, Rogers, Watkins. Subs: Bizot, Proctor, Maatsen, Elliott, Lindelof, Sancho, Torres, Malen, Guessand.

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Unai Emery makes four changes from the team which lost 3-0 to Crystal Palace before the break, as Emi Martinez, Lucas Digne, Lamare Bogarde and Emi Buendia all come in. Harvey Elliott, Jadon Sancho, Evann Guessand and Donyell Malen are among the #AVFC substitutes.

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Everton starting XI vs #AVFC: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Garner, Gana, Iroegbunam, Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish, Beto. Subs: Travers, Patterson, McNeil, Barry, Dibling, Coleman, Alcaraz, Rohl, Aznou.

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HT: Goalless so far. Everton have had the better of the chances, but Villa started to grow into the game before the break. Emery has options in reserve, including Donyell Malen, Evann Guessand, Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho. Everton 0-0 #AVFC birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football…

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#AVFC remain goalless and winless after their first four Premier League games, following a 0-0 stalemate at Everton. Emi Martínez made several smart saves to keep the clean sheet intact, but Villa were blunt in attack once again and need much more from Morgan Rogers.

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Emi Martinez was the last Aston Villa player down the tunnel after applauding the travelling fans and blowing them a kiss. A top performance from him today. #AVFC

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Matty Cash: "It is tough. We want to score. The forwards want to score. You always see the quality - over the last few seasons you have seen the goals we have scored and the chances we have created." #AVFC birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football…

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Matty Cash: "We had a few chances to win the game. They had chances as well. A clean sheet is positive, but we want to pick up points, and we want to win games. We were solid today. Maybe the last few weeks we weren't as solid as we were today." #AVFC birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football…

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Ezri Konsa: "A point in the right direction – we kept a clean sheet which was important for us. We knew how tough it was coming here. They had chances and Emi Martinez made top saves. A point in the right direction and we go from there." #AVFC birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football…

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Ezri Konsa: "I felt like we lacked that final pass and the final shot. I know the boys up top are frustrated that we have not scored a goal, so we will go back, and they will be working hard to make sure they score the next game." #AVFC birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football…

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Ezri Konsa: "The mood in the changing room is fine. In tough moments we need to stick together and that's what we're doing now." #AVFC birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football…

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Unai Emery on Emi Martinez: "I am so, so happy. We need him. We struggled in his situation, but we have to get feelings together and feel the collective objective. Today his comeback has been fantastic." #AVFC birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football…

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Unai Emery on Emi Martinez: "We have to project him and feel him inside the group so he is comfortable and confident. He was fantastic today." #AVFC birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football…

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Unai Emery: "For Ollie Watkins. Calm. Keep working. We are not scoring and the striker is the first point we are watching. I am not worried for him especially. We will score again and he will score again." #AVFC birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football…

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Unai Emery: "We have to protect him and every player must feel comfortable. The players have their problems with confidence or getting their performance, but we have to get the best balance. It is important to be consistent when winning or not." #AVFC birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football…