Unai Emery toasts champagne moment as Aston Villa book European adventure
The Independent Unai Emery toasted Aston Villas champagne moment after they qualified for Europe for the first time since 2010.
The manager has sparked a turnaround at Villa Park having been appointed in October, after the club sacked Steven Gerrard sitting three points above the relegation zone.
Sundays 2-1 win over Brighton who had already qualified for the Europa League earned a Europa Conference League play-off spot after a seventh-placed finish in the Premier League.
Douglas Luiz and Ollie Watkins scored to seal their return, despite Deniz Undavs strike for Brighton.
Today is a champagne moment, said Villa boss Emery.
When you are working and focusing week-to-week, you are not having a lot of days to celebrate something, 70 per cent of our time was spent working.
I want to celebrate with the club, players, friends, family and I want to enjoy what we have achieved.
It was not the first objective in this year, our progression has been fantastic. We did it and its very important to celebrate and be happy now, to enjoy the moment in our life.
