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<\/p>\nAston Villa boss Unai Emery was asked why he didn’t shake Rob Edwards’ hand after the 2-0 defeat at Wolves<\/p>\n
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery(Image: Offside via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Rob Edwards insisted he didn\u2019t want to cause any drama in his press conference after admitting that Unai Emery<\/a> didn\u2019t shake his hand following Aston Villa\u2019s defeat at Wolves.<\/p>\n Arguably Villa\u2019s worst result under Emery<\/a>, bottom club Wolves secured only their second league win of the campaign on Friday night.<\/p>\n Joao Gomes opened the scoring on the hour mark before Rodrigo Gomes doubled the hosts\u2019 lead in the closing stages of second half added time.<\/p>\n Emery left the dugout before the end of the match and didn\u2019t shake Edwards\u2019 hand before heading down the tunnel.<\/p>\n Asked about it in his post-match press conference at Molineux, Edwards joked that he hadn\u2019t shaken the opposition manager\u2019s hand on the occasions he had won at Wolves this season.<\/p>\n \u201cNot yet, I get it. The two games we won both managers had disappeared,\u201d Edwards joked.<\/p>\n \u201cThey probably think they can turn up and win given how the season has gone! I’ve got a lot of respect for Unai, I think he\u2019s brilliant, so it\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked by Sky Sports why he didn\u2019t shake hands with Edwards after full-time, Emery said: \u201cThe match was finished.\u201d<\/p>\n Villa face a hugely important match on Wednesday night, against fellow Champions League chasers Chelsea at Villa Park.<\/p>\n Ensure our latest Villa headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search<\/a><\/p>\n Content cannot be displayed without consentFollow our Facebook page!Get more news and AVFC analysis here<\/a> Join our Aston Villa WhatsApp group and get the latest breaking news, interviews and opinion sent straight to your phone, plus matchday team news and live updates of all the action. Just click on this link<\/a> and select \u2018Join Community\u2019 to get started. The only proviso is that you must have WhatsApp on your phone to participate. It’s a free service. No one will be able to see your personal information and you will only receive messages from our Villa writers.<\/p>\n We will not spam your WhatsApp feed with constant messages, but you will receive updates from us daily with the latest Villa news. If you later decide to opt out, just go to the name at the top of your screen and click ‘Exit Group’. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. Click here to read our Privacy Notice<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was asked why he didn’t shake Rob Edwards’ hand after the 2-0 defeat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2501,218,103529,101,56,2947,54,55,21664],"class_list":["post-452231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-aston-villa-fc","tag-football","tag-rob-edwards","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-unai-emery","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wolverhampton-wanderers-fc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Whatsapp-storysocial.jpg\")
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