Unai Emery eyeing strong finish for Aston Villa as injury crisis starts to ease
Unai Emery hopes Villa may be set up for a strong finish to the season as the club’s injury crisis finally shows signs of easing.
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The boss may soon have a full squad to choose from with record signing Amadou Onana and Ross Barkley close to making their returns, meaning Villa could well be at their strongest for the run-in as they continue to battle on three fronts.
Villa visit Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday, before hosting Club Brugge in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie next Wednesday.
But that is the final match before they travel to Preston in the FA Cup on March 30 and Emery hopes everything could be falling into place at the right time for his team.
He said: “Two years ago we got our best performances playing one match a week in the Premier League, with the same players playing, more or less.
“Last year we didn't get our best performances in the second part of the season because we were involved in Europe, in the Premier League and we had some players injured and we weren't consistent.
“This year, hopefully, we can get now the last two months and a half with more players than we had for the last month and performing as we would expect.
“Hopefully, we will get this objective with the players available and with the structure being stronger and being more consistent than we were. But I don't know exactly. Hopefully, we can get it.”
