Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was delighted with their 3-1 win against Fulham.
John McGinn and Ollie Watkins were among the goalscorers as Villa won comfortably.
“I'm very happy," he said.
“We wanted to connect with our supporters and we needed their energy and support. They were amazing in 90 minutes, the fans, supporting us and trying to help us.
“We are feeling very good here (Villa Park)."
Emery added: “The first half was very good. We started in the first ten minutes with chances, we controlled the game, scored two goals and avoided their transitions and gameplan.
“In the second half, the match was more open than I wanted and they had some chances to score. We lost our control of the game like we had in the first half because it's difficult – every team has good players and it's competitive.
“They showed that in the second half but we scored the first goal again. They were in the match and scored, but we played the last 20 minutes being serious and keeping our gameplan in our mind.
“The second half gave us more things to analyse and improve."
