Overview

• Defender Ezri Konsa called Unai Emery’s post‑Sunderland “lazy in defence” assessment a fair comment and said the players must put it right.
• Villa are 18th in the Premier League, winless after five matches, out of the Carabao Cup, and have scored just one league goal.
• The draw at 10‑man Sunderland finished 1-1 after Wilson Isidor’s late equaliser cancelled out Matty Cash’s opener.
• Konsa rejected talk of a crisis and praised captain John McGinn’s role in keeping the dressing room steady.
• Monchi has left after requesting a break, Roberto Olabe has been appointed to replace him, and Emery described the transition as normal and expressed confidence in Olabe.