A late own goal from Jack Hinshelwood saw Villa win on the night.
“Very important here with our supporters,” Emery told VillaTV afterwards. “We recovered a little bit the energy we needed, but there’s still work to do to recover more – more for us, for the supporters.
“And, of course, we are with 50 points, and today, how we achieved those three points, really is fantastic.
“Tough match, difficult match. The last two matches at home in Premier League, we lost.
“Today was very important to try to compete, to try to recover our mood individually and collectively, energy, winning of course is helping us.
“And, of course, keep going. And today, one step forward during the season, really, we needed it.”
Emery admits the match was an arm-wrestle on the night, adding: “It was equal, the match, but I think we got more in their box, and we were creating some corners as well offensively.
“We started well, we had two chances with Morgan. More or less, the expectation I had before the match was in the plan.
“And then, we planned 90 minutes because how we could manage the match, how they were as well managing the match, it was very, very important to be resilient in 90 minutes, and as well to try to be passionate when we were not dominating.
“More or less, we dominated sometimes, they dominated sometimes as well, but how are were working as well set-pieces and how we scored through Tyrone Mings is very important – another way we are adding.
“And then, 50 points. Of course, happy today, and try to recover our energy, try to recover our good form, try to recover confidence. Today was really very important, those three points, for it.”