Villa's defeat left Chelsea 13 points behind table-toppers Arsenal and 10 adrift of Villa. Barring a miracle, it seems the Blues are out of the Premier League title race and the best they can hope for is success in cup competitions and qualifying for next season's Champions League.
Incidentally, On Villa's upcoming clash with league leaders Arsenal, Emery said, "Of course we are playing against Arsenal and our mentality is to compete strongly. We are not going to speak about our target in the league until we are in the day 34 because there are teams contending with a huge power to get points like Liverpool, like Chelsea and they are keeping contending more than us to be there. Of course we are performing very well, we are in a row-winning matches, we are competing fantastic, we competed first half fantastic and we were struggling. But the second half more or less like this season we are progressively getting better and being humble."
But he insisted they are not in a title race with Arsenal and second-placed Manchester City.
"No, 38 matches, no, not. If it finishes tomorrow then this match against Arsenal is finishing the league. There is still another 20 matches to play," he added.