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Aston Villa boss Emery: We will stick to Duran's development plan

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was pleased with Jhon Duran's goalscoring performance in victory over Crystal Palace.

Emery, however, admits they will stick to the attacker's development plan.

He said: “Jhon Duran is 19 and he needs help, sometimes to push him and be demanding with him, sometimes try to support everything he is doing, good and bad.

“This is what I am trying to do with him, give him my confidence but also being demanding with him. He started against Hibernian and scored. Of course, I want to make a plan with him and try to be consistent in the plan. We have to be patient.

“He will need to play matches, take minutes and experiences and confidence.

“Scoring like he did on Saturday, it is coming quick. But the most important thing is his quality, his capacity, his skill, his big potential.

“It's his structure as a player and then trying to organise him in our structure, helping him and believing 100 per cent with him."

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