Fans Rage at Unai Emery for Breaking Managerial Protocol After Aston Villa's Loss to Brighton

FANS have reacted negatively to Unai Emery’s antics after his team’s humiliating loss to Brighton in their Premier League opener.

Emery stormed straight down the tunnel on the final whistle, opting not to shake Brighton boss Hurzeler’s hand.

Despite fans reacting angrily to Emery’s full-time antics, it’s something he has done before.

He snubbed boss last season.

Football fans took to X to give their opinions.

One wrote: “, the sour loser, stormed off the pitch as his side lost 4-0 to ‘s Brighton. He shows no sportsmanship.”

A second said: “Looks like Hurzeler became the latest manager to miss that 0.5 second window to shake Unai’s hand today.”

While a third said: “He’s a good manager with a good resume but he is by far the biggest sore loser in the whole sport.”

It was a tough afternoon for Emery, almost immediately, as he gave a bizarre response to a question about before the game.

An own goal by , followed by one from Maxim De Cuyper gave Brighton daylight after 18 minutes.

Fixtures Results Table

Sunday 23 August

Monday 24 August

Fulham

20:00

Regular Season

Chelsea

Friday 28 August

Palace

20:00

Regular Season

Man City

Saturday 29 August

Liverpool

12:30

Regular Season

Forest

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Saturday 22 August

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1

1

0

0

4

3

2

1

1

0

0

3

3

3

1

1

0

0

3

3

4

1

1

0

0

2

3

5

1

1

0

0

2

3

6

1

1

0

0

1

3

7

1

1

0

0

1

3

8

1

1

0

0

1

3

But they weren’t finished there as scored twice in two minutes on the half-hour mark.

And things went from bad to worse for Emery’s side as Joao Gomes, on his debut, saw himself sent off for kicking out at .

and represented a shocking beginning for Villa, who have lost multiple key names from their squad this summer.

Stars like , , and have all left Villa Park.