{"id":296055,"date":"2023-11-09T23:26:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T23:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296055"},"modified":"2023-11-09T23:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T23:26:33","slug":"aston-villa-2-1-az-alkmaar-unai-emerys-side-come-from-behind-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/aston-villa-2-1-az-alkmaar-unai-emerys-side-come-from-behind-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: Unai Emery&apos;s side come from behind to win"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Aston Villa 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: Unai Emery&#8217;s side come from behind to win and take a big step towards knockout stages with second-half strikes from Diego Carlos and\u00a0Ollie Watkins<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vangelis Pavlidis cracked Aston Villa&#8217;s high-line to fire AZ Alkmaar ahead<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Diego Carlos equalised with a header and\u00a0Ollie\u00a0Watkins sealed the win late on<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Liverpool&#8217;s Luis Diaz is extraordinary &#8211; Listen here to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unai Emery celebrated a century of wins in European football after Aston Villa took a giant step towards the knockout stages with victory over AZ Alkmaar.<\/p>\n<p>The result left Villa needing a point from their remaining two games to qualify from their group in the Europa Conference League but also underlined their manager\u2019s outstanding pedigree in continental competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vangelis Pavlidis gave AZ the lead soon after half-time but Diego Carlos equalised and Ollie Watkins claimed the winner nine minutes from the end.<\/p>\n<p>Emery said: \u2018When we win games like these we can understand this competition better and our process better. We are trying to build a team to be competitive in every game we play. The reaction after we conceded was fantastic.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Villa midfielder Youri Tielemans also claimed his side had received an apology from the officials for disallowing Clement Lenglet\u2019s third minute effort after a VAR check, apparently for offside against Leon Bailey.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/21\/77626533-0-image-a-42_1699566504299.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ollie Watkins scored his 11th goal of the season to seal victory for Aston Villa on Thursday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/21\/77626531-0-image-a-43_1699566506928.jpg\" height=\"388\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Watkins ran on to a lofted pass from substitute Douglas Luiz and headed beyond Mat Ryan<\/p>\n<p>Tielemans said: \u2018We&#8217;ve been told it was a mistake from them [to disallow a goal early on] and they apologised. In the end we won so it\u2019s all good.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>AZ also had reason to complain about the officials as Carlos\u2019 goal came from a corner that should have been given as a goal-kick.<\/p>\n<p>Boubacar Kamara scooped over from two yards under pressure from Jordi Clasie and Villa took full advantage when Carlos nodded in the kick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was not a corner \u2013 clearly,\u2019 admitted Emery.<\/p>\n<p>AZ boss Pascal Jansen fumed: \u2018We very unfortunate to concede a corner that wasn\u2019t a corner. I contacted the fourth official and asked him what had happened and he said he didn\u2019t know. I thought the VAR could help the referee wherever necessary but obviously he didn\u2019t.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/21\/77626043-0-image-a-41_1699565530547.jpg\" height=\"386\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Diego Carlos equalised just after the hour mark by heading home Leon Bailey\u2019s corner\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/21\/77626755-0-image-a-53_1699566832243.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Vangelis Pavlidis cracked Villa&#8217;s high-line to fire\u00a0AZ Alkmaar ahead in the 52nd minute<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/09\/22\/77627623-12732177-image-a-54_1699568126318.jpg\" height=\"392\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Clement Lenglet&#8217;s early effort was ruled out by VAR as Bailey had been offside in build up<\/p>\n<h3>MATCH FACTS<\/h3>\n<p><span>Aston Villa (4-2-3-1): <\/span>Martinez 7; Konsa 7 (Cash 74, 6), D Carlos 6 (Torres 90), Lenglet 5, Digne 6; Kamara 7, Tielemans 6 (D Luiz 74, 7); Bailey 6.5 (Traore 90), Diaby 6 (Zaniolo 74, 6), McGinn 6.5; Watkins 7. Subs not used: Olsen, Marschall, Moreno, Chambers, Duran, Dendoncker.<\/p>\n<p><span>Scorers:<\/span> D Carlos 61, Watkins 81<\/p>\n<p><span>Manager<\/span>: Unai Emery 6.5<\/p>\n<p><span>AZ Alkmaar (4-3-3):<\/span> Ryan 6; Sugawara 6.5, Bazoer 7, Martins Indi 7.5, Moller Wolfe 6.5; De Wit 6 (Mihailovic 69, 6), Clasie 7 (Dantas 89), Mijnans 6.5 (Odgaard 89); Sadiq 6.5 (Poku 69, 6), *Pavlidis 7.5*, Van Bommel 6 (Van Brederode 70, 6). Subs not used: Verhulst, Virginio Dean, Penetra, Dekker, Goudmijn, Kasius, Goes.<\/p>\n<p><span>Scorers:<\/span> Pavlidis 52<\/p>\n<p><span>Manager<\/span>: Pascal Jansen 6.5<\/p>\n<p><span>Referee<\/span>: Luis Godinho 6<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12732177\/Aston-Villa-2-1-AZ-Alkmaar-Unai-Emerys-come-win-big-step-knockout-stages-second-half-strikes-Diego-Carlos-Ollie-Watkins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa 2-1 AZ Alkmaar: Unai Emery&#8217;s side come from behind to win and take a big step towards knockout stages with second-half strikes from Diego Carlos and\u00a0Ollie Watkins Vangelis Pavlidis cracked Aston Villa&#8217;s high-line to fire AZ Alkmaar ahead Diego Carlos equalised with a header and\u00a0Ollie\u00a0Watkins sealed the win late on Liverpool&#8217;s Luis Diaz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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