Aston Villa head to the Emirates on Sunday seeking to preserve their push for a Champions League spot.
Unai Emery’s workforce have been the shock package deal of the 2023/24 season having lingered across the prime 4 spots because the early levels of the marketing campaign.
Presently fifth, degree on factors with fourth-placed Tottenham, Villa face the hardest take a look at within the nation as they head to league-leaders Arsenal who’re but to lose a single recreation in 2024
Douglas Luiz set to overlook the journey to the Emirates
To make issues worse for Aston Villa, they are going to be with out star midfielder Douglas Luiz, who misses the journey on account of suspension.
The Brazilian has been one of many staples of Unai Emery’s facet since taking up in 2022 and has solely failed to begin one Premier League recreation this season. Regardless of initially being signed as a defensive midfielder, Luiz has since grow to be an actual menace within the attacking third, scoring 9 targets within the league this season whereas including 5 assists.
Luiz himself has not too long ago laughed off curiosity from elsewhere forward of a busy summer time switch window, telling DAZN Portugal: “We’re all very pleased with how this season goes, particularly me, with all of the historical past that the membership is constructing and for my targets and assists, too.
“Personally, I am very pleased with all of it and I believe it is simply the beginning of a brand new chapter. As I all the time say, Aston Villa is a big membership and we’re ready to jot down a brand new chapter.”
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“Since Unai arrived there was an enormous enhance within the group’s confidence. I believe he introduced confidence to the workforce as a result of we all the time had group of gamers.”
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