Unai Emery Calls Dibu Martinez Your Face Because Of His Blunder In The Aston Villa Vs Arsenal Match

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JAKARTA - Aston Villa coach, Unai Emery was angry with Emiliano "Dibu" Martinez after the match against Arsenal. The Argentine national team goalkeeper made a fatal blunder at the end of the match which Emery considered stupid.

In the 24th week of the 2022/2023 Premier League Saturday, February 18, Aston Villa had the opportunity to host Arsenal at Villa Park Stadium but lost 2-4. From that match, Emiliano Martinez was in the spotlight after scoring an own goal that helped Arsenal win.

In addition, Martinez also made a ridiculous blunder by helping Aston Villa attack during a corner that became a disaster for his own team. This moment made Emery furious and flicked the goalkeeper's attitude.

"It wasn't smart at all. I never asked my goalkeeper to score in the 92nd minute. I don't have the statistics, but there is only one possible goal in every 100 attempts (in that situation)," Unai Emery was quoted as saying by Fox Sports on Sunday, February 19.

At the start of the match, Aston Villa could actually show dominance as the host by opening up the score 1-0 through mengya exchange goals when the game had only been running for five minutes. But Arsenal were able to equalize to 1-1 in the 16th minute through Bukayo Saka's shot.

Until the end of the first half, the hosts could feel relieved that they won 2-1 again with Philippe Coutinho's shot in the 31st minute. Aston Villa's difficult situation began to appear in the second half as the Gunners made a breakthrough.

Mikel Arteta's side added three goals in the second half through Oleksandr Zinchenko, Gabriel Martinelli and the rest was an own goal by Martinez.

For this unsatisfactory result, Emery admitted that he was disappointed. He also highlighted the performance of the players who performed in the match. As a form of disappointment, Emery was even reluctant to take responsibility for the results this time and addressed the players.

"I am disappointed. Ordinary (loss) is my responsibility. But today I leave it to them (players)," said Emery.