Unai Emery expressed his thoughts on the trip to Stamford Bridge against Aston Villa.
The Villans have won seven Premier League games in a row and ten in all competitions, sitting just three points off league leaders **Arsenal**in third position. **Chelsea**could be double digit points behind their guests if they lose this weekend, but they have shown a steeliness in several big games this year.
*“We respect a lot the difficulties of the Premier League and of playing against Chelsea. They are favourites to be in the top four and favourites to fight for the Premier League trophy because they have very good players, a very good coach and they are getting better.*
*“They’re the champions of the Club World Cup, and it means a lot. Now they are behind us, but they’re feeling strong and playing with confidence. They’re competing very well against the better teams.*
*“They beat Liverpool at home, they competed fantastically against Arsenal, drawing, and they beat Barcelona as well in the Champions League, and the last match at home against Everton.*
*“They are feeling strong at home. How we are feeling now is very important with our momentum. Tomorrow is a very huge test for us. It’s a huge test at Chelsea, a huge test away, a huge test of how we are going to respond away against one team like Chelsea.*
“We are very motivated and excited about how we are going to face them tomorrow. We are focussing this match strongly to try and get our best.
“Tactically and individually, they are so, so strong. Their structure tactically with the ball is really fantastic, and how we can stop them, recover the ball and get the transitions will be difficult.
“This is the challenge we have tomorrow. Offensively, hopefully we can dominate and have our time with the ball in combination, stopping their press. Hopefully we can have our moments to show our qualities and our structure tactically. In 90 minutes, mentally, it’s going to be very important how we will show our resilience when we need to be defending or getting good positions.
“And then we will try to play with our skills, try to get duels and play with confidence.”