Aston Villa boss Unai Emery stated Ollie Watkins’ knee harm sustained within the 4-0 Europa Convention League last-16 win over 10-man Ajax was “no more than a minimize”.
Watkins, named in England boss Gareth Southgate’s newest squad earlier on Thursday, headed Villa in entrance within the twenty fifth minute, having already sustained the harm in a problem with Ajax goalkeeper Diant Ramaj.
However the former Brentford striker limped off eight minutes later and needed to watch his team-mates run riot within the second half with Leon Bailey, John Duran and Moussa Diaby objectives killing off the tie after final week’s goalless attract Amsterdam.
Unai Emery: “I’m very joyful as a result of right now we loved with our supporters right here at Villa Park.”
