Unai Emery was fairly humble when initially asked how he expected his Aston Villa side to perform across the new UEFA Champions League format this season. As his side sit on top of the pile after three glorious game weeks for the Villians, have those aims changed with his side continuing to impress.
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00:00Unai Emre has admitted Aston Villa's previous ambition of qualifying for the Champions League
00:06play-off round via the top 24 is now a little outdated.
00:11The head coach, delighted with his side's 2-0 win over Bologna to make it three wins
00:16out of three and go top of the pile, believes Villa are capable of skipping the play-off
00:20round and making it straight to the last 16 of the competition.
00:25Emre has emphasised Villa must take it game by game, but there's a sense a top eight
00:30finish is possible if his players continue to flawlessly carry out his structured game
00:35plan.
00:36We're going to focus on each match, but how we're going in this moment, we're arriving
00:40in a good position in the table.
00:43There's a long way to go for Villa with games to come against Club Brugge, Juventus, RB Leipzig,
00:49Monaco and Celtic, but the overall feeling is very positive.
00:53The next Champions League fixture away in Brugge awaits on Wednesday, November 6th.