Villarreal coach Unai Emery admitted this Wednesday, after having fallen in the last minute of the extension of the Copa del Rey quarterfinals against Levante, that they must make “self-criticism” because they did not know how to “manage the last minute ”, But he was satisfied with the effort of his team.
“You have to make a self-criticism because in the last two games we have lost points in the last minutes and now a tie,” he explained at a press conference.
“We must congratulate the contrary, make self-criticism and above all continue our path. I have told them that I am proud of the work we have done, I am sure there will be things to improve and prevent them from scoring a goal on the last play, but we are building a path ”, he recalled.
“The Cup is like that. A mistake can leave you in the way “, explained Emery who pointed out that he has the feeling of having played a game” to win it. “
The Basque coach did not want to enter into any kind of controversy due to the penalty that after being indicated by the referee was converted into a foul by the VAR.
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“We have to accept what the VAR says, it is the fairest thing for the party. We have a very noble position with the arbitration decisions ”, he affirmed.
“We have done what we had to do, now we have to get up quickly,” said Emery, who admitted that the crossing leaves “war wounded” and that what he is most concerned about “is recovering players.”
“You are left with two situations, out of the Cup and with injuries, but we have to return to the main competition, which is the League, where we are making a nice path. In two weeks we have the Europa League, we hope to have recovered certain players to be able to respond to many games in a few days ”, he concluded.