Aston Villa secured their first league win of the season with a 3-2 victory over Tottenham in an away fixture in the fifth week of the Premier League. Following the match, Villa captain McGinn was interviewed by TNT Sports.

How relieving was it to secure your first Premier League win of the season? How much effort did you put into achieving this victory?

It was clearly a relief. Before the match, I kept thinking that the international break was coming up, and this one is longer than usual. You definitely don't want to be in the bottom three of the league table going into it.

So this was a really important match, and we fought hard for the win. In the first half, I thought we played poorly; we barely created any chances. But in the second half, we managed to weather the pressure and ultimately deserved the victory.

Your goalkeeper had a brilliant performance in the first half, which set the foundation for your display in the second half. Did you discuss that at the time?

We scored at a crucial moment. I was quite pleased with that. Our record here hasn't been bad, but every time we have to dig in during the first half. The manager was actually happy enough with a 0-0 scoreline at halftime.

Since Suzuki Kamara joined, he's been performing brilliantly, and he also made crucial saves for us today.

I thought Mancini struggled a bit in the first half, but in the second half, he looked far more confident. I was very pleased with his performance today.

You must have great confidence in the head coach, because clearly you performed brilliantly last season, winning a trophy that had been long awaited for the club—a remarkable night. Then there were significant player changes. It's remarkable that you now look so organized despite so many changes. How does he achieve that in training? How does he make you perform like this?

It's more through off-field meetings and a lot of focused tactical training sessions. To be honest, the first half was frustrating because usually we're far more organized than we were today. Whether it's throw-ins or set pieces, we were a bit sloppy.

Before the match, he explained his demands to us in great detail, and how we could exploit certain spaces. I think he must have been very pleased when Jackson scored, because we practiced that aspect a lot before the match.

But he's always excellent, very calm. He's just focused on getting us back to our previous level, just with this new group of players.

Buendia spoke about trusting your own style of play, which is how things worked at the start of last season. So facing this slow start to the season, was there really no panic or concern among the players? Before this match, were you worried that the new players might not believe in what made you successful in previous years?

That's where Mings, Cash, Buendia, and I come in, because we tell them, "This is our way, this is how we compete against strong teams."

The new players are gradually starting to accept it, but it takes time. It took some time for Tielemans, and the same for Digne.

Is that because of what you mentioned earlier as "homework"? Meaning they need to master a lot of details?

It's not easy, but it's worth it. If we need to play a certain way to get points, I won't change it for anything.

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