{"id":1255815,"date":"2022-04-06T22:21:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T21:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1255815"},"modified":"2022-06-16T21:23:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T20:23:18","slug":"unai-emery-villarreal-bayern-munich-tottenham-dig","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/unai-emery-villarreal-bayern-munich-tottenham-dig\/","title":{"rendered":"Unai Emery justifies Tottenham dig as Villarreal beat Bayern Munich in UCL quarter-final first leg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Unai Emery has claimed a huge Champions League scalp as Villarreal beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in the first leg of their quarter-final clash.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>The Yellow Submarine shone at both ends of the pitch as the self-proclaimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/arnaut-danjuma-best-winger-villarreal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;best winger in the world&#8221;<\/a>, Arnaut Danjuma, backed up his claim by breaching one of the game&#8217;s best-ever goalkeepers, Manuel Neuer, while Emery&#8217;s men defended boldly at the back, keeping a rare lid on Robert Lewandowski.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was the kind of hard-nosed, muck-and-nettles performance that encapsulates the brand of football espoused by Emery at the Estadio de la Ceramica. Organisation is the buzzword where those of a Villarreal persuasion are concerned, and tonight threw weight behind the mantra.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/champions-league-outright-odds-21-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who are the favourites to win the Champions League?<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/champions-league-2021-22-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All you need to know about this season\u2019s Champions League final<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/go\/bet365-sports?q=uk-all-all-bst-s-sq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1255575\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2021\/02\/02093801\/1187840_1187840_Bet365-Man-City-Liverpool-728x90-uk.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/go\/bet365-sports?q=uk-all-all-bst-s-sq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy a \u00a35 Free Bet on Man City v Liverpool with bet365<\/a><\/h3>\n<h5><strong><em>No deposit required. 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The former Arsenal manager was quick to throw an old rival under the bus when explaining his footballing philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>The Tottenham Hotspur contingent &#8212; either past or present &#8212; is strong among Emery&#8217;s ranks, not least <span>Etienne Capoue, Juan Foyth, Serge Aurier and Giovani Lo Celso (on loan), and he was keen to explain just how influential that north London quartet has been for the club&#8217;s success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Tottenham is also a very big club, but here they (those players) could win things,&#8221; he told\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3225876\/2022\/04\/05\/unai-emery-interview-rebuilding-arsenal-xhaka-captaincy-why-he-turned-down-newcastle-and-his-champions-league-dream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>The Athletic<\/em><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Tottenham has been years without winning anything, no trophies.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/champions-league-outright-odds-21-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Champions League outright odds: Favourites ranked after quarter-final first legs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/ballon-dor-2022-favourites-odds-rule-changes-when-is\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The 2022 Ballon d\u2019Or favourites ranked<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, Emery has been a magnet for silverware across his career, including a Europa League three-peat with Sevilla, several domestic trophies with a trophy-expectant PSG and a Europa League with Villarreal last season, haunting another Premier League club in the form of Manchester United in the final.<\/p>\n<p>So, the Spaniard can very well justify his comments about Tottenham being a club without silverware, because he has been hoarding medals for several years now. 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His trivela secondary assist to Dani Parejo for Danjuma&#8217;s deadlock-breaker was a moment of pure instinctive inspiration, while Capoue was as industrious as ever in the middle of the park, and Aurier saw the game out well when he came on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There was also another player of the north London alumnus who shone for Emery, Francis Coquelin. The 30-year-old Frenchman historically has previous with Bayern&#8230; and not in a good way. He was part of the Arsenal side that lost three successive 5-1s to the Bavarian beast between 2015 and 2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Francis Coquelin completed just 6 passes in 77 minutes vs. Bayern Munich:<\/p>\n<p>1\u20e3\ufe0f. 4&#39;<br \/>2\u20e3\ufe0f. 4&#39;<br \/>3\u20e3\ufe0f. 8&#39;<br \/>4\u20e3\ufe0f. 24&#39;<br \/>5\u20e3\ufe0f. 29&#39;<br \/>6\u20e3\ufe0f. 75&#39;<\/p>\n<p>That&#39;s it. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3hSokVTMbb\">pic.twitter.com\/3hSokVTMbb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/831990506531995648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His performance tonight was chalk and cheese from those three capitulations. He locked down the midfield superbly, nearly scored an outrageous cross-cum-shot, and has finally banished the ghost from those Bayern routs. Emery has proven an elite tactician once again.<\/p>\n<p>For Lo Celso, he was part of the Tottenham side that lost 10-3 to Bayern on aggregate in that 2019\/20 Champions League season. 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