‘Absolute Engine’ – Liverpool Coach Warns On Aston Villa’s Threats

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Steve Bardens/Getty Images Liverpool player-coach Jay Spearing has praised Unai Emery for building a side that can fight and urged the Reds to be wary of Aston Villa’s weapons. Emery returned to the Premier League with Aston Villa in 2022, after a previous spell at Arsenal had raised questions over whether he could tackle the unique challenge of English football; the Gunners sacked him in 2019.

Spearing lauded Emery for building a strong core to his side, which enabled a quarter-final appearance in the Champions League last season while narrowly missing out on qualification again for this season on goal difference. Spearing said on LFC TV’s Reaction (19:40): “The squad that they have got, he has built that over the last few seasons, it’s not been done overnight.

Watkins is an international footballer who scores goals at Premier League level all the way through.” Liverpool have been vulnerable from set pieces this season and that is something Spearing, who is on the books at Anfield as a player-coach and works with the Under-21s, is concerned about. “Just like anybody else, he’s built a side that can fight in the Premier League and we have to be ready for it” After their draw against Sunderland in September, Emery called out his players for being lazy.