Liverpool v Aston Villa - Premier League - Anfield Aston Villa manager Unai Emery (right) reacts on the touchline during the Premier League match at Anfield / IMAGO / PA Images Unai Emery believes that Aston Villa were “clearly” denied a penalty ...

Unai Emery says Aston Villa were denied a “clear penalty” in the team’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool. Villa had two penalty appeals waved away by referee David Coote with Emery insisting Pau Torres’ shirt was tugged by defender Conor Bradley in the second half.

As Unai Emery saw his team slump to a fourth consecutive defeat at Anfield, lines from “Casablanca” were presumably not in the forefront of his thoughts, even if his season is rapidly in danger of being remembered by the slogan “We’ll always have Bayern.