The trap with which Emery's Aston Villa has left all its rivals out of play

Unai Emery has completely changed the face of Aston Villa in just one year. He arrived with the team only three points away from relegation but the consecutive victories against Manchester City and Arsenal have even caused England to begin to consider the villains as candidates to win the Premier League.

They are third, not in vain, just two points behind Liverpool after 16 games and have accumulated 15 consecutive wins in the League at Villa Park. However, the former coach of Valencia, Sevilla, PSG, Arsenal and Villarreal, among others, lowers the souffle; If on matchday 30 or 32 we are in the same position, perhaps I can talk about us being candidates for the title.

Many things have changed, logically, during Emery's Sultanate' but he has implemented a resource, at a defensive level, that draws powerful attention. Aston Villa is, according to WhoScored, the Premier League team that has caused its rivals to go offside the most times since its arrival. Almost 4.8 per game. It practically doubles Liverpool and far surpasses Fulham, Tottenham and Manchester City.

The easiest explanation, Villa 20 goals against is the fourth team with the fewest goals scored in the Premier would be to resort to a kamikaze, almost suicidal tactic. But it's not quite like that. According to The Athletic, the average position of the defense includes attack and defense is about 44.5 meters from the goal, being the sixth lowest average in the entire Premier League.

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However, Konsa, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres and Digne execute the trap with brutal precision and synchronization, as The Analyst from Opta reveals. Only Wolverhampton hunt their rivals offside at a greater distance from their own goal than Unai Emery's pupils.