Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery believes it will be “very, very difficult” for his side to achieve a European spot following their 2-0 victory against Chelsea in the Premier League.
The result sees Villa move into ninth and two points off a place in the Europa Conference League for next season. But Emery still believes it will be a tough task.
He said to BBC Sport: “It will be very, very difficult to challenge for Europe.
“Our objective is to be in the top 10, which we currently are. But from Tuesday onwards, we need to make sure we stay there.”
Goals from Ollie Watkins and captain John McGinn secured a memorable victory for Emery’s team, who stole all three points on the day.
The 51-year-old praised his side’s performance at Stamford Bridge, adding that he was pleased with the mentality his team showed.
“It’s not easy to come here. We prepared for the match thinking we might struggle, which we did at times in the first half,” Emery said.
“We started very well the first 20 minutes, and then after our goal the defence and the goalkeeper were very important.
“At half-time we discussed that sometimes you have to struggle before you can score, to be mentally clever to know that sometimes that is the way you win.
“We spoke about how we could better and manage their attacks, which I think we managed to do well in the second half.”
Villa are next in action on Tuesday when they travel to Leicester City.
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