Lukas Nmecha had given the hosts an early lead at Elland Road, but Morgan Rogers’ second-half double turned the game around and sealed a third straight victory for the Villans.
The former Arsenal manager lauded his side for maintaining the momentum they had built before the international break and expressed his satisfaction with the overall performance in Yorkshire.
“We had the challenge in this match, how we were coming back after our break and how we performed last month, getting very big wins against the better teams in the Premier League – Tottenham, Manchester City, Bournemouth,” Emery told Aston Villa website.
“But we were able to show again our capacity to be consistent, and away, compete like we did, progressively better.
“The second half (was) better, but overall, 90 minutes, I am so happy how we competed. Even the first half, we didn't play brilliant, but we were always trying to set our gameplan on the field, and progressively we did it.
“After we played away five matches, we only won one match, against Tottenham, (the other) four matches, we draw two, and we lost two. And today was the challenge, if we were able to get the average.
“The average, more or less, thinking in 38 matches how we can finish today in the table for our ambitious objective to be in the top positions in the table, and we did it.”