Unai Emery bizarrely claims there’s ‘not a lot of difference’ between losing 2-1 or 3-1 as Villa face uphill battle
UNAI EMERY bizarrely claimed there is “not a lot of difference” between losing either 2-1 or 3-1.
Villa return from the French capital trailing by two goals against PSG after their Champions League quarter-final first leg.
Morgan Rogers cancelled out Desire Doue’s opener before goals from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Nuno Mendes gave PSG a commanding 3-1 lead.
Mendes extended the score in added time – but Emery has not lost hope of overturning the deficit at Villa Park.
He said: “More or less the expectation I had before the match happened.
“[There is] not a lot of difference between 2 and 3-1 as we will play at home next week.
“It will still be a huge challenge for us but we can feel strong at home with our supporters.
“We needed to be defensively strong, lower than normal, but even when we were losing we had a free approach.
“[There were] two shots from Morgan [Rogers] and one of Marco Asensio, the last goal, OK, but our mind is not changing a lot because we have to win at home now.”
PSG – leading Ligue 1 by 22 POINTS – will travel to Villa Park on Tuesday.
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And Emery added: “The first half we had three or four chances to get in the box.
“We knew before the match we needed to be clinical as well. We were in the first half but not second, we tried to show our power.
“PSG like to keep possession, but today we were more in a low block, at home maybe we can change.
“Hopefully we can get more moments to keep our momentum and possession. We are going to try and combat the result.
“We believe in Villa Park and that our players can give the performances.”