Unai Emery praised “fighter” and “excellent man” Morgan Rogers after the Aston Villa midfielder continued his nice vein of type.
The 23-year-old scored two beautiful objectives to assist Villa defeat Manchester United 2-1, transferring them again inside three factors of Premier League leaders Arsenal.
After additionally recording a brace in opposition to West Ham, Rogers grew to become the primary Villa participant to attain two or extra objectives in back-to-back Premier League appearances since Dion Dublin in November 1998 (three in a row).
Rogers has now scored 21 objectives throughout all competitions for the reason that begin of final season – aged 23 years and 148 days as we speak, he’s the youngest to web 20+ for a Premier League workforce on this interval.
Emery was delighted to see Rogers get on the scoresheet once more, particularly after a sluggish begin to the season in entrance of aim.
“We want the numbers of the gamers and as we speak and final week Morgan Rogers is performing fantastically, however he has began the season not getting [goalscoring] numbers however enjoying effectively,” Emery stated.
“All the time doing his job, all the time with the dedication he’s exhibiting, with the perspective he has, performed every match. In the present day he did the identical and scored objectives, in fact. He’s the protagonist.
“I’m so, so completely happy as a result of he’s a fighter. He’s a great man, excellent man. His dedication with Aston Villa is very large, and his perspective daily is basically incredible.
“And when he’s getting numbers like as we speak, in fact we’re very pleased with all people, however particularly as we speak with him.”
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Villa have received 10 consecutive matches as a top-flight workforce for the primary time since March 1914 (a run of 11).
And within the Premier League, solely in 2023-24 (39) did they’ve extra factors on Christmas Day than they’ll this season (36).
Regardless of their successful run and league place, Emery was most happy with getting the win over United.
“The outcome was incredible, and that is crucial factor,” Emery added.
“Then how we compete as effectively was incredible as a result of Manchester United confronted us with their qualities, their concepts as effectively.
“We competed fantastically. We struggled, it was a tricky match, however our momentum in 90 minutes confirmed our qualities by totally different gamers.”
