Slot was asked in his pre-match press conference if he has found it challenging to prepare to face Villa because of the different options Emery has at his disposal, like playing Ezri Konsa at centre-back at right-back or centre-back and picking between a few midfield and forward options.

A key metric with Emery is “duels” and no Villa player came out on top of their match-up. Club B ruges made three times as many interceptions and twice the number of clearances. Villa made four tackles in the attacking half, none in the attacking third, and their hosts, typically direct in style, grew in confidence when playing from deep.

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has told his players to put one foot in the last 16 of the Champions League by beating Club Brugge on Wednesday night.Villa sit top of the table after winning the first three games and victory in Belgium would make them heavy favourites to finish in the top eight of the new league phase of the competition in their debut campaign.

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Unai Emery has challenged Aston Villa to seize their chance to move a step closer to the Champions League last 16 against Club Brugge on Wednesday.Villa are on top of the Champions League table after reeling off three successive victories in their first appearance in Europe's elite club competition for 41 years.