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Aston Villa’s manager, Unai Emery, says that his team must be ready to face ‘the best Premier League and Europe’ team ‘when Liverpool leaders come to Villa Park on Wednesday night.
Villa fell six points behind the first four after drawing at home Ipswich on the weekend, with Emery saying that the goal is still a return to the Champions League.
New signings Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio could appear while Emery fights with defense injury problems.
He said: “For me, as a coach, Liverpool is a great challenge, a challenge of how we can collectively establish our game plan against them. It is the most difficult game that we are going to play during the last weeks and months.
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“Liverpool is the best Premier League and Europe team. Our challenge is how we face them and respond with our qualities and how we play at this level.
“We are excited and we hope to share our excited moments with our fans in Villa Park.”
Villa has won only one of his last 14 Premier League games against Liverpool, although a 7-2 victory in Villa Park in October 2020.
A repetition, or three points, anyway, would be put back to Villa in the mixture for a European place in a race that seems to go to the cable again.
“We are being positive but we are excited and we are acting in the right direction,” Emery said.
“We need more points in case we want to achieve the greatest demand and objective we can have, which is to be in the Champions League.”
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The midfielder/defender Boubacar Kamara is out after he left early against Ipswich, while Villa could include striker Leon Bailey and defenders Ezri Konsa and Matty Cash in the team.
Emery in Kamara: “He was ready to play with a problem on his back, but the injury did not come from his back, it is his hamstrings. He is trying to analyze a lot and meet a lot with doctors and physios and how we can improve. Exactly why, it’s difficult. “
On the return of Tyrone Mings of an injury: “Mings is a very important player, his return has been very good and is working very well. He had a small stop at his recovery, but he played on Saturday and tomorrow we will need it available. He is a very important player because he is one of the captains and a leader in defense. “
