Unai Emery has urged Aston Villa to “break our limit” by enhancing their chances of advancing automatically to the Champions League last 16 with victory against RB Leipzig. Villa, in Europe’s premier club competition for the first time since 1983, can take a major step towards the knockout phase if they can defeat the Bundesliga side, who have not registered a point after five matches.
Villa arrived in Germany after successive Premier League victories and can return to winning ways on the continent after a shock defeat at Club Brugge and a draw at home against Juventus. Emery said Villa must learn their lesson from that difficult trip to Belgium against Leipzig, another team who will be considered underdogs, despite playing in the Champions League in six of the past seven seasons, reaching the semi-finals under Julian Nagelsmann four years ago.
