Aston Villa boss Unai Emery said Zion Suzuki’s howler in the 1-1 draw with Fulham is “part of football”.

The Villa goalkeeper spilled a corner behind the line for a hapless own goal midway through the second half to gift the Cottagers a point at Villa Park after Nicolas Jackson ’s fifth goal in five games had put the hosts in front.

Suzuki had made a wonder save in the first half to deny Fulham an opener and Emery preferred to focus on that.

“It’s part of football. Of course, we can identify, and we are responsible and mature to understand,” he said.

“We are making mistakes when we are playing. Myself as a coach, I am making every day mistakes.

“The players, they are making mistakes every match, but maybe one mistake in the middle of the field is not so relevant.

“But one mistake when it’s a striker to score, or when it is the keeper when he has to save one action clear defensively, those mistakes are are more in the focus.

“But it is part of football.…