Unai Emery acknowledged “there may be nonetheless work to do” for Aston Villa, regardless of boosting their Champions League ambitions with a 2-0 victory over Tottenham.

Second-half targets from Ezri Konsa and Boubacar Kamara lifted Emery’s aspect into the Premier League’s high 5 – a degree above sixth-place Manchester Metropolis, who play Bournemouth on Tuesday.

It was a ninth win in 11 league video games for in-form Villa, whose tally of 24 factors for the reason that begin of March is probably the most by any aspect within the division.

Nonetheless, they need to beat Manchester United on the ultimate day of the season and hope for favours from elsewhere to safe a return to the Champions League, during which they reached the quarter-finals this time period.

“I’m very completely satisfied,” Emery instructed Sky Sports activities. “At the moment, we closed out our season right here with our supporters attempting to transmit our power.

“We gained, however there may be nonetheless work to do to have an opportunity to play within the Champions League. We now have to try to preserve the inconsistencies down and focus.

“Spurs competed effectively and did a improbable job. We had been talking at half-time concerning the difficulties we had been going through, and to be constant and demanding in our sport plan.”

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In the meantime, Konsa spoke of the gamers’ want to compete in Europe’s premier membership competitors for a second season in succession.

The defender, who scored solely his second Premier League purpose of the season, additionally instructed of how the opener got here because of laborious work behind the scenes.

“We labored on that particular nook, and it got here off,” Konsa added. “We knew we needed to rating early within the second half and provides the followers one thing to cheer for.

“We knew at present was a must-win. We need to play Champions League soccer once more. We knew Tottenham had a remaining on Wednesday [against Manchester United in the Europa League], however we wanted to remain targeted and win.

“We had a style of it this season, and, for us as gamers, it’s a contest you need to play in. It’s the primary purpose for us going into the final sport.

“It’s not in our arms as but, however we’ll do all we will.”