Tyrone Mings explains why Aston Villa's players can't start dreaming yet despite big Champions League win

Tuesday night’s 3-1 first leg win at Club Brugge has made Unai Emery’s team huge favourites to progress through the last-16 tie.

Villa are also through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup but Mings says they cannot afford to start looking beyond the next match, away at Brentford on Saturday evening.

The defender explained: “The dreaming and all of that really is for you reporters and fans.

“Our job is to promise the fans we will always stay consistent and stay respectful and humble of the challenges we have in front of us. 

“What that ends up with us achieving at the end of the season is something for the fans to dream. 

“Our job is to focus on Brentford, our job is then to focus on the second leg. 

“Where we end up at the end of next Wednesday is hopefully in a very strong position in the league and the Champions League. Our job is to focus on Saturday now and then take it from there.”

Villa scored twice in the final eight minutes in Belgium, after Mings had made a vital goal-line clearance with the scores level at 1-1, to seize control of the tie.

Mings continued: “Our responsibility as players is to stay calm and not be too high or too low and I think it is really important for the fans to enjoy this moment. 

“We have a healthy, but delicate lead going into the second leg. We will treat it with the adequate respect like we did tonight.”