Ex-Premier League striker raises multiple Aston Villa questions and hammers home major Unai Emery issue
Aston Villa are still without their first goal of the Premier League season.
Aston Villa recorded another no-show performance from their attack on Saturday after playing out a frustrating 0-0 draw with Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.
The goalless tie writes a new piece of history at Villa Park but it’s not a record Unai Emery will be grateful to hold. For the first time in the club’s history, the Villans have failed to score a single goal in their opening four league fixtures.
Villa are also the only team out of England’s top seven leagues still yet to find the back of the net. These dismal statistics have naturally become a huge talking point as Villa currently sit in the relegation zone with just two points on the board from their four games so far.
Troy Deeney raises questions over Aston Villa form
The quite remarkable goalless run from Villa has been discussed by former Premier League striker Troy Deeney, who has raised a lot of questions around what is going on at the West Midlands club.
The ex-Watford and Birmingham City star discussed the latest goalless draw against Everton, which saw the Villans register just a single shot on target in their attempt of a win.
“Aston Villa, oh my God. I don’t know where to start. I don’t know how they are going to score goals, I don’t know how they are going to win games,” Deeney said on talkSPORT on Saturday (h/t Inside Futbol).
“I don’t know what their best team is. They had [Victor] Lindelof in midfield towards the end and [Donyell] Malen up front. It’s all over the place for Aston Villa. Just watching it, you don’t understand what they are doing.”
Aston Villa have registered ten shots on target in the games against Newcastle United, Brentford, Crystal Palace and Everton.
After they revisit Brentford for a Carabao Cup clash, the Villans will face Sunderland in their next Premier League clash. The Black Cats have started their return to the top flight well, with two wins and a draw banked to put them in seventh place.
Aston Villa goalless run continues
Aston Villa have recorded two draws and two defeats so far this season, which has seen them dramatically slip down the table into the bottom three. This poor opening run puts them 19th with two points on the board, above only Wolves who are yet to get themselves off the mark.
Emery has not shied away from his side’s less than desirable start to the season. Speaking after the draw against Everton, the Villa boss addressed the lack of action coming from his front line.
“Of course we are not scoring, we are not winning. Of course we will need to win but this point will help us for the next matches. We have to try to get offensively tactically better, help the strikers get into better positions to score, get confidence winning.
“I know the situation we have now, and now we are starting to adapt a lot of players after they are working with us two weeks [after the close of the transfer window].”