DOUGLAS LUIZ TO VILLA (EPL)
Douglas Luiz is a goalscorer now. No midfielder in the Premier League has scored more in the competition since the start of last season.
Four penalties from four attempts have helped boost that total but he is fourth even without his perfect spot-kick record.
With nine goals and five assists this Premier League season alone, he has matched his total of goal involvements from his first three campaigns combined. As his two goals against Nottingham Forest showed, this is a player who wants to get on the end of things now.
"He is a player who has always had a good instinct to get into the box," Emery tells Sky Sports. "He is scoring goals because his instinct is very good. He is feeling comfortable getting into the opposition box when we are in the attacking third."
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peaking to Emery at Villa's training goround, there is the opportunity to turn the laptop his way and show him a graphic depicting Douglas Luiz's career heatmap before the Spanish coach took over in November 2022 - and how it looks in the time since then.

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