The Villa manager has set his team a target of six points from the two games to ensure that they finish in the top eight.
Unai Emery has denied suggestions that if Aston Villa upset Monaco today, they will ease off in their last league phase match against Celtic.
The Villa manager has set a target of six points from the two games to ensure his team finishes in the top eight of the Champions League standings. Hoops fans had thought Emery would be less motivated ahead of next week’s highly anticipated Battle of Britain encounter at Villa Park, but a win over Young Boys on Wednesday will get the Premiership champions into the playoffs.
But the Spaniard believes his side will still need something from that game to lighten their workload going forward. Villa sit on 13 points and their manager said: “I think we need three or four more points to get into the top eight. That’s important because we will play fewer matches. We beat Bayern Munich at home, Leipzig away but we lost to Bruges. That is the Champions League. Tuesday is the key. They are an experienced club in this competition. They can get to 16 points, maybe they could be in the top eight. Seventeen points is what I think teams will need to reach it. With 19 points we are sure we will be there.”
