Aston Villa head to the Emirates on Sunday trying to keep 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 for the reason that early phases of the marketing campaign.
At present 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
Unai Emery returns to his former aspect with out the Brazilian (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
To make issues worse for Aston Villa, they are going to be with out star midfielder Douglas Luiz, who misses the journey resulting from suspension.
The Brazilian has been one of many staples of Unai Emery’s aspect since taking on 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 turn into an actual menace within the attacking third, scoring 9 targets within the league this season whereas including 5 assists.
Douglas Luiz converts a penalty towards Burnley (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Luiz himself has lately 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 increase 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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