Aston Villa Draw 0-0 at Hull: Emery's 200th Game Without Goals
Key Points
- Aston Villa failed to score for the third consecutive match, with John McGinn and Emi Buendia squandering clear second-half chances at Hull.
- Hull City remained unbeaten after three matches with seven points, defying relegation favourites predictions in their first Premier League season back.
- Manager Unai Emery acknowledged the draw in his 200th game in charge: "We weren't clinical. We had four very good chances to score."
Emery acknowledged the profligacy that has plagued his side since the campaign began: "We weren't clinical. We had four very good chances to score and of course if we do the match can change." The Spaniard noted his side had produced George Hemmings' shot on target in the opening 15 minutes and Nicolas Jackson's early header that sailed wide, but the finishing proved insufficient.
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Hull City, tipped by many as relegation favourites upon their return to the Premier League, delivered another performance to enhance their unexpected start to the season. The newly promoted Tigers accumulated seven points from nine available after three matches, remaining unbeaten and making Hull manager Sergej Jakirovic's opening ambitions seem modest by comparison.
"Amazing. If somebody offered this to me at the start of the season I would sign it immediately," Jakirovic said. "Especially with who we were against. This is a great example for us that we have to continue like this as it shows us that we can compete at this level."
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Hull threatened to steal three points late in the match. Mohamed Belloumi struck a stunning curling effort that cannoned off the crossbar just after the hour mark. In the closing moments, Ryan Giles picked out Oli McBurnie inside the penalty area, but the forward fluffed his lines when what appeared to be an inevitable first Premier League goal for the Tigers went begging.
Jakirovic made use of his deadline day recruitment, bringing Sorba Thomas and Brooke Norton-Cuffy on as substitutes. "They are very high potential players," Jakirovic said of his new arrivals. "They need time. Okay, Sorba came from Stoke with pre-season, but some players they didn't have a pre-season. This is right now a problem."
The result left Villa with one point from three matches, enough to climb out of the bottom three. Hull's unbeaten record—securing points in each of their opening three matches—represents a stark reversal of preseason expectations for the promoted side competing against established Premier League opposition. Emery's previous experience at Villa, where they failed to score in their opening five league matches before finishing the season in a title fight by Christmas, suggests the current trajectory need not define the remainder of the campaign.
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