Unai Emery explains Aston Villa approach to final run-in
Unai Emery says only wins will do for Villa in the race for the Champions League.
Villa head to Bournemouth on Saturday sat three points outside the top-five with three matches left to play.
Emery’s men also face Tottenham and Manchester United, who are both on course to reach the Europa League final, in their last two matches.
But the Villa boss is refusing to look anywhere beyond the Cherries, acknowledging his team can afford few slip-ups if they are to catch the teams above.
“Bournemouth, next week. Bournemouth. So, so difficult, Bournemouth,” he said.
“And then, we’ll see. We’ll see. Saturday, finished. Now Bournemouth.
“Before Saturday if we were thinking, ok, the next match is Bournemouth, the next match is Tottenham, Manchester United… if we weren’t winning, forget it! Completely!
“We have to go to each match and try to win. If we win like today, ok, the next one.”
Villa have won six of their last seven Premier League matches and a win on Saturday would mathematically guarantee them a place in Europe for the third season running.
Emery continued: “Europe is the objective, to be in Europe. Now our dream is to repeat again to play in the Champions League.
“We are not favourite because there are other teams in front of us. But we can continue dreaming for it and focusing strongly.”
