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Villa boss Emery: Martinez just fantastic for Bournemouth draw

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was delighted with goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez after their 2-2 draw at Bournemouth.

Emery admits the Argentine made the difference on Sunday.

"I want to score a lot of goals and I want to stop conceding the opportunity to score," Emery said. "Our objective is to be strong defensively and to keep a clean sheet, but the reality is in the last matches were are not doing it.

"It's our work every day to improve and try to analyse and to get better. In case like the last matches we are conceding goals but scoring lots of goals then I am happy and I want like today for Ollie Watkins to score, Leon Bailey to score. It is positive."

Asked about his goalkeeper, Emery said: "He is fantastic, fantastic. He is not happy because we conceded two goals. He was fantastic, he saved two times very important moments and that was very important to believe through his individual performance as well."

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