“[We are] thinking only the next match is Ipswich.

”I can repeat from the beginning of pre-season how important every match is because the last two years, we got the Europa Conference League after being one point difference to Brentford. Then it was two points different with Tottenham and we are playing for these points every match.

"At the end of the season, we don't want to remind ourselves of some moments where we weren't focused for some points. Only Ipswich Town and focusing a lot. Not thinking about the next match or next week.

"They are playing really well. Not getting points like they deserve, but they are competitive and they play very well. They played well against Liverpool and Fulham.

"I expect them to play very well on Sunday and we have to compete to adapt to them. They are aggressive in high press aggressive in duels. They have very good structure to play in combinations with the players they have. The goalkeeper is playing very well and we have to respect them.

"The coach is doing amazing in his work. Tactically they are showing a very good structure. I am analysing deeply their structure for Sunday.

“[Tyrone Mings and Boubacar Kamara] are training very well, They started to be 100 per cent completely training with us last week. The plan with them is to try and start playing with under-21s next week for 45 minutes. After the break they will be available if everything goes well.

"The technology is always welcome and with VAR they are trying to improve it. I believe in VAR and with everything they are trying to add, increasing and being better.

"Every match we are playing has been a different plan. The game plan is to adapt and impose our game plan. Ipswich is different and difficult, like the matches we are playing. We are trying to build a team and get stronger tactically with players. Some are in the process.

"We want to increase our level individually and collectively and it is being positive because we are getting points in this way. But of course we have to improve a lot of things.

"The match against Wolves was very good to analyse deeply. Sometimes we are winning but we are needing to change something to get the result we want.

"Jhon Durán is involving and focusing like I want and he is playing with strong impact. Playing like he did on Tuesday, he played fantastic for 90 mins in the Carabao Cup match.

"My challenge is to get best of him as a striker, playing with Watkins as well. The idea is to play more together. We will get performances individually and collectively with both players.

"He's a good guy. He is young, he is impatient sometimes because he wants everything so quick. Now he is focusing 100 per cent same as me. He is following our idea and my plan with him. We started working together almost two years ago in the January.

"The progress and responsibility I have with him is a huge responsibility because I believe in him. But, of course, sometimes going up sometimes down.

"Sometimes he's strong, sometimes he's not playing every minute he is expecting. Now, I think this is his best moment, his commitment and behaviour. He is following everything tactically which I want from him.

"He is working every day like other players. The most important thing is for him to be in the squad and then his quality and potential ... I can't tell you now how much potential he has. It is not fixed. Hopefully we can get of him his potential here.

“[John McGinn’s]] been out for one week and I think he will now be out for two or three weeks more.

"Our expectation is that he will be out for three or four weeks altogether.

"When someone is injured it is not good for the players and for us.

”But analysing his performances before he was injured he needed to improve and increase his performance levels. We were working with him on his focus.

"Now he is injured we must stay calm and work to recover as soon as possible - and hopefully we can work on the things he was not doing like he has been doing for the last two years. Trying to fit better into the system and getting better performances from him and the team when he comes back.

"We have our challenges and it is to be competitive in the Premier League and keep the same consistency that we had last year.

”Then we had our experiences last year in the Conference League getting the performances we needed. Of course, the Champions League is more difficult but the experiences we had are similar.

"I will try to be competitive. On Sunday, against Ipswich, then against Bayern Munich. On Tuesday, we were competitive in the Carabao Cup and we won. This is the way.

"Each match is a challenge. Each competition is a challenge. To be competitive in different competitions and to be contenders, to get something through the Carabao Cup, the FA Cup, the Champions League and the Premier League. The first objective is through the Premier League."

Unai Emery pre-match.




"100% the way we played we kind of fell into their hands.

“It was end to end and that’s what they wanted and they caught us on the transition a couple of times.

"We had a lot of opportunities but we didn’t get the final pass right, I am included in that. We could have seen the game out after my goal.

"They always put a lot of pressure on us and we couldn't really implement our game plan. Ipswich were always on to us and it was a bit of a basketball game which is what they wanted but we didn't.

"It was a difficult game and I think a point is a fair result. We didn't get it right in the final third, we could have been more ruthless myself included.

"A point is a fair result but disappointing because there were a lot of opportunities for us. They kept putting pressure on us, they're here at home, they made runs in behind and we grinded the result out in the end.

"Everybody is ready [for Bayern Munich], there's a buzz around the club. Last year was special and this will be even better this year in the Champions League. You want to play in the best games in the world."

Ollie Watkins post-match.



"The result is fair and we are in a process as a team working out how we can build strongly our tactics and mentality with some new players getting progressively better.

”More or less, my thoughts are that one match like, after the first half, we came back the result and controlled the match like we planned.

"When teams play at home they are pushing and more or less demanding more from us, focus and tactically defensively and offensively. We need to control the game again like we didn’t do in the second half.

"The result was fair and we could have even lost the match in the end. I am accepting the point, but in the way I want to raise our level and demands, I accept it in our process.

"Overall we have 13 points, but today we were as well optimistic about the possibility to get to Liverpool with 15 points. We can accept how difficult this league is and playing away, playing against a team like Ipswich who are excited and have a good structure tactically.

"They are playing with confidence and this is the difficulty we faced today in 90 minutes. In the first half we played even better than I had planned to stop their game plan and their capacity to push us.

"In the second half they played like I thought they would in the second half. Of course, in this moment we needed to be stronger than we were.

"For example, we conceded 10 corners and how is the question. We didn’t control the ball and our positioning to stop them to get to our box. They didn’t score through corners, but it showed we didn’t have control.

"We started the first half very well, we came back and we controlled the game really well. But in the second half they were pushing.

"They did it, they scored, because we couldn't control like we wanted

"It was a pretty good match and I think the draw was fair. We were better in the first half, the second half we lost our concentration and the consequences happened because they scored and they could have scored one more.

"We had our chances but we conceded more than normal and we didn’t control things like we did in the first half. I am not happy with the point but I have to accept it because I think it is fair.

"They had their game plan of course when they scored it was a surprise because we started well. I wanted us to finish strongly and oppose and we didn’t do that."

Unai Emery post-match.



"We are going to suspend the match on Wednesday and we are not going to play.

“What do we want? We want to play in Europe. We want to get the same level like other teams like City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd, Newcastle and Tottenham.

"If we don’t want it then we don’t play in Europe and we rest in the week. Fantastic for everybody. It is the challenge we have. The players, myself, the supporters, even the journalists!

"We are going to be tired, this is the level. Man City played at this level for 10 years, Liverpool for 20 years. If we don’t want to play at this level, then we don’t play in Europe and we will be comfortable playing for the top 10.

"This is our challenge and my demands as well. On Wednesday we are going to be fantastic."

Unai Emery on Villa’s busy schedule.