Villarreal see off Young Boys amid doubts round Emery destiny

Villarreal see off Young Boys amid doubts round Emery destiny

Etienne Capoue's close-variety finish and a late strike from Arnaut Danjuma sealed a deserved victory on the Ceramica, with Villarreal now sitting level on points in Group F with Manchester United, who scored late to snatch a 2-2 draw away at Atalanta.

Villarreal face United subsequent in a vital game at home on November 23th before going away ultimate to Atalanta, who are factors at the back of in third.

Whether Emery will be in charge for those video games is unsure after reviews in England on Tuesday claimed the Spaniard is close to agreeing a return to the Premier League and Newcastle, who have considerable economic backing after the club's Saudi-subsidized takeover final month.

Villarreal president Fernando Roig was asked about Newcastle's hobby before the match. "I have certainly no idea (approximately it)," he stated. "What I do recognize is that he has a settlement with us and contracts are there to be fulfilled. I haven't any doubts about Unai's professionalism."

Despite Newcastle's huge potential lengthy-term, Emery would be trading the Europa League champions, who appear like at the cusp of attaining the Champions League knock-out stages, for a group that presently sit down second backside of the Premier League.

But Villarreal's performances in Europe have no longer been matched in La Liga and some at the Spanish membership may not lament Emery's departure.

Last season they'd objectives to finish within the pinnacle four however completed seventh, 19 points in the back of fourth, and this season they may be thirteenth in the desk, after coping with simply two wins from their beginning eleven league video games.

Young Boys were struggling for shape as well with handiest one win of their last 5, which include a 4-1 defeat through Villarreal inside the opposite fixture in Berne two weeks in the past.

Villarreal were the more risky in the first half and deservedly took the lead in the 36th minute while a deep Dani Parejo move from the left located Mario Gaspar unfastened at the returned submit. He cleverly nodded again into the six-backyard field toward Capoue, whose header turned into stored by means of Guillaume Faivre however he turned into there to brush in the rebound.

Young Boys had probabilities too and notion they had equalised early within the 2d half of whilst the energetic Christian Fassnacht headed in while left absolutely unmarked at a loose-kick. But his teammate Nicolas Burgy become on the road and after consulting the replay, Dutch referee Dutch referee Serdar Gozubuyuk known as offside.

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