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title: "Aston Villa: Journalist hails ‘brilliant’ Emiliano Martinez save vs Everton"
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author: "Henry Jackson"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2023-02-25T17:05:51Z"
modified: "2023-02-25T17:05:51Z"
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# Aston Villa: Journalist hails ‘brilliant’ Emiliano Martinez save vs Everton

**Journalist Gregg Evans hailed Emiliano Martinez’s ‘brilliant’ save in [Aston Villa](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/)‘s 0-1 win away to Everton on Saturday afternoon.**

### The Lowdown: Villa draw at Everton

Unai Emery’s faced another important [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) encounter, making the trip to a Blues side currently threatened by relegation to the Championship.

It wasn’t a classic game, in truth, with both Villa and Everton struggling to consistency produce any real quality and chances coming at a premium.

However, a penalty from Ollie Watkins mid-way through the second period was enough to edge a victory for Villa and clinch all three points for Emery.

### The Latest: ‘Brilliant’ Martinez hailed

Taking to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/greggevans40/status/1629505086656266242?s=20), Evans lauded a standout moment from Martinez during the game – an heroic first half stop to thwart midfielder Amadou Onana during a period of pressure for the away side.

> “Brilliant save from Martinez to deny Onana. #AVFC are really under the pump.”

### The Verdict: Such a key player

This was another day that highlighted the importance of Martinez to Villa, with the 30-year-old such an influential presence between the sticks.

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His superb save against Everton also showed how vital it is to keep hold of the [26-time capped](https://www.transfermarkt.us/emiliano-martinez/profil/spieler/111873) Argentina international beyond this summer – that wasn’t his only stop – although it may be hard to.

On current form, there are arguably few better ‘keepers in Europe than the [£120,000-a-week](https://www.spotrac.com/epl/aston-villa-fc/emiliano-martinez-22641/) Martinez, so he would take a huge amount of replacing if he does move on to pastures new.