Farkon kakar wasa na Aston Villa ba zai iya zama mafi muni ba — an sha kashi da maki 4-0 a hannun Brighton & Hove Albion a filin Amex Stadium, wanda ya bar manajan Unai Emery yana fuskantar babban kalubale tasa har yanzu, sa'ad da kambiyoyin Arsenal ke jiran Villa Park ranar Litinin mai zuwa.
Tawaga da ta raunana sosai
Canjin 'yan wasa a lokacin rani ya share tawagar da ta lashe UEFA Europa League a watan Mayu. Masu wasa hudu daga cikin farawa na waccan karshen sun riga sun tafi — Youri Tielemans, Lucas Digne, Morgan Rogers, da Ezri Konsa — kuma hasarori na ci gaba.
Ollie Watkins na kusanya fita saboda sha'awar Al Hilal, yayin da Emiliano Martinez ma yake neman fita bayan shawarar canja wurinsa zuwa Juventus ta kasa. Yawan riƙe 'yan wasan Villa ya tsaya a kashi 65.6 kawai — mafi ƙaranci a cikin Premier League.
Amsar da Emery ya ba sa'ad da aka tambaye shi game da rashin Watkins a Brighton ta kasance mai bayyanawa: "Tambayeshi. Zan iya amsa ne kawai da shiru." Kalmomi da ke nuna rabuwa da ba za a iya gyarawa ba.
Harin da bai da madogara
Villa sun fara Brighton ba tare da wani dan wasa na gaba na gaskiya a cikin tawagar ba, suna tilas su buga Emi Buendia a matsayin ɗan wasa ƙarya a gaba. Tawagar ta taɓa ƙwallon sau biyu kawai a cikin yankin abokan gaba kafin katin ja, da sau biyar gaba ɗaya — rashin ƙarfi bayyananne a gaba.
Brian Madjo, ɗan shekara 17 wanda ya zura ƙwallaye biyar a wasannin baje kolin guda bakwai, yana fita saboda rauni. Tammy Abraham, madadin Watkins na yau da kullum, ma bai kasance a Brighton ba. Sky Sports News ta ba da rahoton cewa kulob ɗin na yin la'akari da gaske da kawo Nicolas Jackson — ɗan wasa na tsohuwar Emery a Villarreal — idan Watkins ya tafi.
Joao Gomes: farko mai ban tsoro
Joao Gomes ya zo don cike gibin da Tielemans ya bari, amma ya sha fama da farkon Premier League mai muni da ba wanda zai so. Ya rasa ƙwallon a cikin yankin azabarsa a jerin abubuwa da ya haifar da kwallon uku na Brighton, sa'an nan aka fitar da shi saboda tashin hankali — duk hakan a cikin minti 40.
Gomes zai yi hukuntar wasanni uku, yana ƙara wa Emery ciwon kai game da matsayin tsakiya. Rahotanni sun nuna cewa yarjejeniyar kawo ɗan wasa kyauta Leon Goretzka na kusa da kammalawa, kuma gogawarsa da jagorancinsa suna da gaggawar buƙata.
Tsaron da ya lalace ba tare da Konsa ba
Canja wurin Ezri Konsa zuwa Arsenal da £55 miliyan shi ne mafi ciwo daga duk tallar rani. Kurakuran mutum ɗaya na Pau Torres da kasa Lindelof na bin masu gudu a cikin yankin ya bayyana yadda Konsa yake da mahimmanci ga tsarin tsaron Villa.
Brighton sun samu mafi girman ƙima na ƙwallaye da ake tsammani (xG) da Emery ya fuskanta tun lokacin da aka nada shi a watan Oktoban 2022, watau xG 3.54 daga wasan bude. Harbe-harbe uku daga cikin 21 na Brighton sun fito ne daga kurakuran Villa, biyu daga cikinsu sun haifar da ƙwallaye.
An ƙi tayin don beki na Southampton Taylor Harwood-Bellis, kuma an yi hulɗa da beki na Club Brugge Joel Ordanez. Amma har sai ƙarin ƙarfi ya zo, Emery dole ne da farko ya kawar da kurakuran mutum ɗaya kafin ya fuskanci Arsenal.
