Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

ZERBI GOES BANANAS AT VILLA’S BAD TIMINGS

Seagulls boss blasts time wasting after his team is sunk by Danny’s double BRIGHTON 1 ASTON VILLA 2

- NEIL MCLEMAN

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FURIOUS Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi claimed he was wrong to think there was always “fair play” in the Premier League after complainin­g about Aston Villa’s time-wasting.

Defeat to Unai Emery’s streetwise side ended a run of three consecutiv­e wins for the Italian in a tactical battle between the two Latin coaches.

De Zerbi (left), who replaced

Graham Potter in September, was especially unhappy with the visitors running down the clock at the end of the contest.

He said: “I think we always speak about fair play in the Premier League. I didn’t see that today.

“There was a lot of wasting time. Too much wasting time. Before I came here, I thought the people in the Premier League were

 ?? ?? VILLANS HERO Danny Ings scored twice to give Unai Emery (left) victory
VILLANS HERO Danny Ings scored twice to give Unai Emery (left) victory

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