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Villarreal coach Emery: Arsenal lessons helped defeat Man Utd

Unai Emery insists he used what he learned at Arsenal in helloing Villarreal lift the Europa League title.

The Spanish side won their first ever trophy with a penalty shootout win over Manchester United on Wednesday.

Emery said: "I insist it is not a sports revenge at all. I try to enjoy every moment, winning and losing. I try to create new circumstances, so everywhere I have been, even in England at Arsenal, I have learned a lot, met many people, other cultures and football.

"At the end of that story was professional frustration, but some other doors opened then. Winning today is a satisfaction, but for my club today, as it was when I was at Sevilla.

"When I was at Arsenal we played a Europa League final and could not win but it is a process, from that game I learned a lot to win this one maybe."

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