Unai Emery claims he made a mistake playing Ollie Watkins and Jhon Duran together during Aston Villa’s Champions League defeat to Monaco.
The Aston Villa boss was ruing his own decision-making as Villa suffered their second loss of the league phase with a 1-0 defeat on Tuesday night.
Wilfried Singo was the only one on the scoreboard at the Stade Louis II, scoring early in the eighth minute.
He headed home from close range after Emiliano Martinez saved Thilo Kehrer’s initial effort.
Speaking after the match, Emery said it was his mistake to play two strikers as his side chased an equaliser.
“We lost control of the game. We were very weak in the middle. I watched it not work well,” Emery said.
He added: “I think we played 70 minutes like I …