JAKARTA - Aston Villa coach Unai Emery insists his team has ambitions to cut distance from Newcastle in the Premier League standings this season.
Quoted from the club's official website on Saturday, Emery said that Aston Villa is now five points adrift of Newcastle in the Premier League standings.
"They are five points ahead of us. That means a lot, how we, how they are, how important the game is tomorrow (today). There are still 18 points up for grabs in the Premier League, and they are five points ahead," Emery said.
The Spaniard insists his team must be wary of Newcastle because Eddie Howe's squad is in an uphill performance.
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Newcastle managed to wipe out six consecutive wins in the Premier League competition which put The Magpies in third place in the standings.
Emery hopes Aston Villa can perform an extraordinary performance like when they beat Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) because he thinks Newcastle has the same level.
"The most important thing for me now is how they are, the players. We will train this afternoon. We will try to test the players, how are they doing for tomorrow," Emery explained.
"Tomorrow's game is our goal, and their level (Newcastle) is the same as PSG's team. They are now in their best moment. They performed very well, they won the game, they felt confident, they felt very strong," he concluded.
Aston Villa is now seventh in the Premier League standings with 54 points from 32 matches, five points from Newcastle in third.
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