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  1. Goodbye!published at 15:00 British Summer Time 14 April

    Thanks for joining us. We've heard from Aston Villa boss Unai Emery and Morgan Rogers ahead of their Champions League quarter-final second leg against Paris St. Germain tomorrow at Villa Park. Emery's side trail 3-1 on aggregate.

    Here are the main headlines from this afternoon's news conference:

    That's it for now. We'll see you in the morning.

  2. Recap - best of Emerypublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

    Aston Villa

    Aston Villa boss Unai Emery spoke during a news conference before his side face Paris St-Germain in the Champions League quarter-final second leg tomorrow.

    Here are the top lines from the Spanish manager as his side look to overturn a 3-1 deficit:

  3. 'We are just focused on this game'published at 14:55 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

    Aston Villa

    More from Aston Villa striker Morgan Rogers: "We are just focused on this game and facing PSG and trying to win the game. If you get ahead of yourself and think too much about the occasion, that's when your best performances do not come out.

    "I don't think it's something we have to worry about at the moment."

  4. 'Exciting to play one of the biggest teams in the world'published at 14:51 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

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    Morgan Rogers on whether having French defenders Lucas Digne and Axel Disasi has helped them in preparing against PSG: "I don't think anyone needed to tell me how good [PS} are. We could see that from their game before and when we analysed them.

    "It's exciting to play one of the biggest teams in the world and having people who played in this competition and against PSG will definitely help us."

  5. 'We fully deserve to be here'published at 14:47 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

    Aston Villa

    Aston Villa striker Morgan Rogers on playing the Champions League quarter-final: "We have reached this stage quicker than anyone anticipated us to. But we know we are good enough to be here.

    "We have tremendous belief in the group, our manager and the coaching staff. We are here for a reason. We have taken on any battle that has come our way this season and we have won the game that we needed to be where we are.

    "You could think we don't deserve to be here but that's not how we look at it. We fully deserve to here and we need to keep pushing."

  6. 'Emery brings us together'published at 14:44 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

    Aston Villa

    Aston Villa striker Morgan Rogers on manager Unai Emery: "The manager brings us together, knowing that if you're not starting, we've not got time to care about it, in the sense that we've got places we want to get to and we've got our mission, so there's no time for it. And to be fair, the boys have been excellent."

  7. 'If anyone's going to turn it around, it's going to be us'published at 14:36 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

    Aston Villa

    Aston Villa striker Morgan Rogers speaking before facing Paris St-Germain: "There's massive belief in the dressing room. I know most people wrote us off before this tie. But in the first leg, we gave a good account of ourselves.

    Of course, there are things that we needed to improve on but we know [PSG] now. There is a task on our hands.

    "Under the lights at home in the quarter-finals of this competition, there's not many better places to be.

    "It anyone is going to turn it around, it is gong to be us. It's down to us and we are excited for that challenge.

    "It's going to be difficult and I am not saying that we are going to do it, but we will definitely give it a shot and go out there to win."

  8. Watkins’ 2024-25 statspublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 14 April

    Ollie WatkinsImage source, Getty Images

    England striker Ollie Watkins has played 48 games this season for Aston Villa in all competitions:

    • 15 goals
    • 12 assists

    In the Premier League he has made 32 appearances:

    • 14 goals
    • 6 assists

    He has been carrying a knee injury and has started just one of Aston Villa’s last five games in all competitions. He only played 11 minutes at Parc des Princes in the first leg of Villa’s Champions League quarter-final against Paris St. Germain.

  9. How often have Watkins and Rashford played together?published at 14:23 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

    Unai Emery said the next step, if he has time, is to play Ollie Watkins and Marcus Rashford together.

    Marcus Rashford and Ollie Watkins have played 383 minutes together.

    37 of those minutes have come in an England shirt across two games.

    For Aston Villa they have played in seven games together. The most time the pair have spent on the pitch together is 82 minutes during Villa’s 2-0 win over Cardiff City in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

    Marcus Rashford has assisted Ollie Watkins once - during Villa’s 1-1 draw with Ipswich Town in February.

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    Get Involved - 'I genuinely believe Villa can win tomorrow night'published at 14:21 British Summer Time 14 April

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    I genuinely believe Villa can win tomorrow night. Start with Watkins with Rashford on the left and go hard at them from the start. 3-0 Villa

    G the Toffee

    I’m not a Villa fan but I’ll be totally supporting Villa against PSG tomorrow night and hoping for a massive comeback win.

    Bill, Derbyshire

  11. 'We want to write the history of Aston Villa'published at 14:18 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

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    Unai Emery on chances of an Aston Villa comeback against Paris St-Germain: "I have experiences of comebacks. Both positive and negative.

    "But now, it’s something different. We want to write the history of Aston Villa - last year in the Conference League, this year in the Champions League and hopefully for years to come in Europe."

  12. Watkins ‘is feeling fantastic’published at 14:12 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

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    Aston Villa boss Unai Emery on Ollie Watkins: "He showed us he is feeling fantastic. He is scoring goals, He played 30 minutes performing really well [against Southampton].

    “This is the variety we have with our players. We have to try to use their quality to help the team - be it 30 minutes, 10 minutes or five minutes. That is the mentality we need tomorrow."

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    Get Involved - 'OK to believe in miracles tomorrow?'published at 14:07 British Summer Time 14 April

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    I’ll be honest - as a lifelong Villa fan going to the game tomorrow with his son - the Champions League journey has felt surreal from the moment we played Young Boys. There is no sense of entitlement amongst the fans and every match has been special. It’s ok to believe in miracles tomorrow isn’t it?

    Chris L from London

  14. 'Objective is to play with one strong plan'published at 14:03 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

    Aston Villa

    Aston Villa boss Unai Emery: "We played how we wanted to at Paris St-Germain but the result obviously wasn't what we hoped for. If we are winning, we can be close.

    "Our objective is to play with one strong plan in our tactical way tomorrow and try to be consistent and try to understand how the match is going in 90 minutes.

    "When we were winning at Club Brugge also, we were ready to play extra time. Our plan is the same that if we are getting extra time, that's good and if we are getting a penalty shootout, that's fantastic as well."

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    Get Involved - 'First goal is so important tomorrow'published at 14:00 British Summer Time 14 April

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    I know it a cliche but the first goal is so important tomorrow night. We know PSG have history of capitulating and teams have overturned two-goal deficits against them a few times now in this competition. Watkins must start though imo.

    Pav, Leeds

  16. 'Next step is to play Watkins and Rashford together'published at 13:56 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

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    Ollie Watkins and Marcus Rashford of Aston Villa applaud the fansImage source, Getty Images

    Aston Villa boss Unai Emery on the possibility of playing Ollie Watkins and Marcus Rashford together: "The next step - if I have time - is to play them together.

    "We did with Rashford playing left side but now we are choosing more with both playing as strikers. That's the next step. I want to practice, I want to test but not now, with enough time."

  17. 'Supporters are going to help us a lot'published at 13:51 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

    Aston Villa

    Aston Villa boss Unai Emery on the role supporters will play in the second leg: "PSG have a lot of experience playing in away matches. They are playing in France and Europe and we have as well.

    "But we will be connecting with our supporters and transmitting the energy, More or less, if we do, tactically and individually, good things on the field, the supporters are going to up our energy and help us a lot.

    "They are going to transmit that energy always for our players."

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    Get Involved - 'Kudos to Emery and the team'published at 13:48 British Summer Time 14 April

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    I'll be honest, as Villa fan, I never dreamed we would get to the quarter-final of Champions League, so kudos to Emery and the team for that but we were well beaten last week by the better side with great goals. PSG deserved the win and it should have been a higher score line. We should obviously give it a good go tomorrow, but realistically, if PSG score just one goal at any stage, game over. I'd love us to win the FA Cup though!

    Rob, Reading

  19. 'I don't have a starting 11 in my mind'published at 13:44 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

    Aston Villa

    Aston Villa boss Unai Emery on who will start against PSG in the second leg: "We are going to train this afternoon and it is important to see how all the players are.

    "We played on Saturday and were training yesterday morning. We need to train today and have a look every player.

    "I don't have in my mind a starting 11 but I have a plan overall of how we should be playing. We are preparing for each game with every player. They need to understand how we have to manage not only physically but also mentally."

  20. 'Watkins showed us he was feeling fantastic'published at 13:40 British Summer Time 14 April

    Aston Villa v Paris St. Germain (Tue 20:00 BST, 1-3 on agg)

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    Unai Emery says Ollie Watkins showed he was feeling fantastic with the performance against Southampton.

    Watkins came on just after the hour mark and scored Villa's first goal.

    More to follow.