Emery's thoughts on Fulham's draw

Unai Emery was disappointed with Saturday night’s draw with Fulham in the Premier League but felt it was a fair result.

Aston Villa led 1-0 at half-time following a first half in which they missed a penalty before scoring via Nicolas Jackson.

An own goal from the unlucky Zion Suzuki allowed the Cottagers to pick up a point in the second half, leaving Emery to reflect on what might have been.

“It’s a disappointing result, a fair result,” he said.

“We tried to keep being consistent, improving, getting the result at home. Trying to get our Villa Park, our fortress, and we are in this way. We didn’t win, but we didn’t lose.

“The last matches here, through Champions League and Premier League, we are getting better, but today was disappointing because we didn’t win. The result is fair.

“They deserved it as well because they are playing well, they are organised and they created chances. We played the first half, dominating more, creating more chances than the second half.

“We were having corners offensively, we had a penalty. Sometimes we conceded some transitions and some actions, and they were being clinical defensively as well.

“They were breaking our press and we needed our goalkeeper, Zion Suzuki, saving some actions. The first half was, more or less, in good balance for us. The second half in the first 20 minutes, they were pushing, they were dominating, and were creating chances.

“They had corners offensively and we were not keeping the same consistency with ball possession and dominating like we did in the first half, so this draw was a fair result.

“In the last 15-20 minutes, we were pushing again and creating some chances and we could have won the game. It’s one stop in our progression, one stop in our capacity to face the top positions, still being in the middle of the table.

“We will keep going forward. The next match on Tuesday is the Champions League and we will try to prepare as best as possible, and then before the break we are playing against Manchester United to try and continue in our progression.

"There's still work to do and of course after today, and this result being disappointing for us, we keep going forward, trying to analyse and improve."