Unai Emery has called on his Aston Villa squad to stay positive and move forward after a crushing late defeat to Manchester City dented their Champions League qualification hopes. (More Football News)
Matheus Nunes struck in stoppage time to hand City a 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium, after Bernardo Silva had opened the scoring early on.
Marcus Rashford equalised from the spot in the first half, continuing his fine form for Villa, but it wasn바카라t enough to secure a result.
The result sees Villa stay in seventh place, two points off the top five with four games remaining, and four adrift of City in third.
Speaking to Sky Sports after the match, Emery urged his players not to dwell on the result.
바카라We can't waste time, we lost in the last minute of this match, but we competed well. We were close to drawing,바카라 he said.
바카라We were trying to win the match as well with our substitutes, but they do the same and they score.
바카라Over 90 minutes they dominated more, but we played a good competitive match.바카라
While acknowledging City had the upper hand overall, Emery stressed the importance of taking positives from the performance.
바카라I take a lot of positive things and now is a moment to be positive. I'm going to analyse the match and try get a lot of information from it," he added.
바카라We can't waste time now, we have to keep going.
바카라We want to try keep the level that we're achieving and try to be demanding in our way so we can build ourselves up, to be stronger in everything.
바카라Tomorrow, we will rest. Thursday and Friday, we'll be positive and work hard to prepare for the game against Crystal Palace.바카라
Villa will now turn their focus to the FA Cup semi-final against Palace on Saturday, before returning to Premier League action at home to Fulham the following weekend.
