"We are playing at home and in Europe, so we have to adapt. We need to learn and also use our experiences to try to manage and get the balance in our emotions.

"Our challenge is to improve, get better and play in Europe and be competitive. It is to play with personality and of course dominate the match.

“Cash is a very important player for us. He has not been consistent because of injury, but hopefully we can have him playing consistently from today and try to be better.

"Kamara is also a vey important player. He did a great job last season before he got injured. He is going to be helping us a lot this season."

Unai Emery pre-match.



"We started really well [in the Champions League], of course we lost a good opportunity against Club Brugge, but here at home we are feeling comfortable.

"We know that like Bayern Munich, Juventus as well are favourites on Wednesday. But we know that if we are at our highest level and focused 100%, we can beat them, so we'll be trying to get that win.

“It's special for us and the supporters. They've been waiting many, many years to be in this competition again.

"We started really well and have been giving them happy nights at Villa Park. We want to enjoy it with them."

Pau Torres pre-match



"We are really happy in the Champions League. We want to enjoy tomorrow with our supporters at Villa Park.

“We want to enjoy competing and we want to enjoy winning. We are here in the Champions League trying to be consistent.

"Now is the moment we have to enjoy, we have to compete, we have to face tomorrow Juventus, we have to try to face them being competitive."

"Tomorrow, Juventus. It is a team with maybe Real Madrid in Spain, Bayern Munich in Germany, PSG in France, and Juventus. They are maybe the better team in the world, historically and now.

Unai Emery pre-match.



"They are very important three points, but even if we are not winning and taking only one point, it’s good. Our objective is to be in the next round."

Unai Emery pre-match.



"I think Emery made a great bluff today! I said I did not watch the interview. Maybe I will watch it and see if he was bluffing or not.

"Like every coach I had, I tried to listen and learn and improve. He is a high level coach, he has been for a long time. He has knowledge and is competitive. He is showing that now with Aston Villa, who have been working with consistency in a difficult league. It’s also a reason why we will be humble on the pitch and respect the opponent.

"Tomorrow we will face a great team, a team that has for a long time played well and has had great results in the Champions League. They have played teams like Bayern Munich. We will take to the pitch very humble and respecting the opponent as normal. We will give our best to perform great.

"There is only one way to face a situation like this.”

The rest is irrelevant. Today, bringing a youth player knowing I wouldn’t be using them, it would be useless. I’m nice and calm and convinced that I trust my players that they will perform very well tomorrow.

"I trust my players, they are fully responsible and they show me everyday that they want something more. We drew at Milan and we played a great game. I said to them in the dressing room, I trust myself and in my players too."

Thiago Motta, Juventus coach pre-match



"The last games we didn’t get the results we were looking for. We know we have things to correct, to analyse that with the staff and we are doing that during the week. These results only make us work harder so that the good dynamic returns.

"We are in a good way in the Champions this season, we started really well. Of course we lost a good opportunity against Brugge but here at home we are feeling comfortable. We know like Bayern Munich that Juventus are favourites for tomorrow but we know if we are in our highest level and focused 100 per cent we can beat them. So we’re trying to get that win tomorrow.

"It’s something we’re working on. We know all teams now how to attack with the spaces and we need to reduce those options for them. Try to control the forward players, try to not to lose the ball so much. Sometimes we are playing with a lot of spaces in our build up. We need to be alert to our good rest defending and try to correct this.

"We know the last game they played without a striker, playing with two ten numbers and two wingers. For me as a player I want to play as the best players and I know Vlahovic is one of the best strikers in Europe. I played against him when he arrived at Juventus with Villarreal.

"He scored against us and for sure he is a top player. He scored and he’s a really good player. If he’s not available there are other good players can play tomorrow. We are working during this week. There are two options for them. They could play with a striker or two number 10s. We’re ready for anything.

"It’s special for us and the supporters, who waited many years to be in this competition again. We started really well, giving them happy nights in Villa Park. We want to enjoy with them and give them a victory after a long time. We’re focused on that and we want to enjoy with them.

"It’s different. In the Premier League you have a different rhythm during the game. Juventus is a team who are feeling comfortable waiting. They have a good structure, they can manage the time of the game as they want. It’s different.

"They have experimental players and a really good coach and a winning mentality, They are usually winning titles every season so they manage the game different to in the Premier League.

"It was a goal from a set piece. The fact we could beat them in Champions League was a really good moment for me as a player and it was my first time playing in this competition. We beat them and got through to the next round. It was a great moment, I enjoyed it a lot with my old team and I have good memories."

"For us, Juventus is always a special team, they are an historical team playing in Europe every season and usually winning titles each season. Now with Douglas Luiz playing there, I know he’s in a difficult moment but he’s a really good player.

"I spoke a lot with him about the club and how he’s feeling there now but for us they’re a winning team with a winning mentality. We know tomorrow will be a difficult game. They are favourites in the beginning but we want to enjoy with our supporters and we will try to beat them.

"It’s a difficult moment for him but I know him as a person and a player and I know he will finish the season playing. He has a lot of quality as a person and a player. He’s not available for tomorrow through injury but I hope for him the best for the rest of the season.

"For us inside the dressing room, we know we have work to do and things to correct and analyse with Unai and his staff. But this moment we’re living now only makes us work harder and we want that good dynamic to return.

"In that moment I didn’t feel interest was in me. They had problems with Europe about FFP and in that moment I was focused with Villarreal and the team who had interest in me was Aston Villa so I’m really happy to be here.

"I like this format a lot in the Champions League because I think a lot of teams can have more and more options to try to correct some mistakes by playing eight matches. We are watching the table, some teams really do very well as a surprise in the top positions and some teams not being consistent at the moment.

"But normally at the end, the matches played in this competition and the first round of Europe, I think more or less maybe there can be some surprises, but usually the better teams will be there.

"I think as a player he was very, very competitive and intelligent. He was a top player with skills, physically strong, mentally strong and now as a coach he has started being successful and his progression has been fantastic.

"Juventus is in a process to be competitive. They're playing very good football. Last year with Bologna he had a very good job. I appreciate him as a person and as a player and now as a manager.

"We are focused in each competition. We’re very happy in the Champions League! We want to enjoy tomorrow with our supporters in Villa Park against Juventus. It’s a historic team, like Real Madrid in Spain, Bayern Munich in Germany and PSG in France. To watch here tomorrow in Villa Park a match like we will face tomorrow is fantastic.

"Last year we had experiences in the Europa Conference League. We enjoyed it a lot until the semi-final. We want to play a lot of matches and hopefully we will play until the last month of the season and of course the Champions League is the best competition in the world.

"Then we are managing each match more or less by being consistent in the preparation and in the idea to build a team, but we are separating each moment because it’s not the same. They are very important three points, but even if we are not winning and taking only one point, it’s good. Our objective is to be in the next round.

"We have the possibility to get in top eight, we will try to get this. Tomorrow if we win we can maybe be contenders to get it but today not. Juventus is the favourites for tomorrow, they have experience and are a top team. They are a favourite to be in the top eight."

"Enjoy it. We want to enjoy it by competing and enjoy it by winning. We’re in the Champions League, trying to be consistent. Hopefully we can play lots more years in the Champions League, but now we have to try to face Juventus being competitive and watching how we can face them. Juventus are more or less a favourite to win this competition."

"We have to keep balance in everything. This competition we started being very excited and we’re still being very excited. We played four and lost one in Brugge, but we have been competitive and playing well and being happy with our supporters in this competition.

"Tomorrow is the same objective. We are seeing how we can get our best performances collectively and overall to get our ambition for this season. The Champions League is one of the ways to get it.

"We are working on it and you have to feel strong in our structure not only thinking defensively. We have to improve, we must be stronger in everything defensively starting with the ball and starting to dominate matches.

"I’m confident because the team and players showed me and the supporters the capacity to respond and react quickly in some moments. We weren't as strong as we wanted. We have to create our ideal and style to feel comfortable and be strong with the ball and in our defensive shape without it."

"We analyse Juventus this season in the league and Champions League, but they are very strong defensively with and without the ball. Trying to dominate the match, they are building a team and trying to keep consistency and dominate the matches with the ball.

"Without the ball they are strong in their positioning. They played a 4-4 draw with Inter, but it was a strange match because usually they don’t concede goals. With or without Vlahovic, it could be different. They will try to do something similar to their last match against AC Milan. When they’re with the ball they feel comfortable but they didn’t threaten too much offensively in the last match because they didn’t have a striker. It was very different for that team to create chances.

"This is the reason the season of theirs started really well, they can miss some matches scoring goals but more or less they’ve been very competitive. It’s not easy to play against them; they change small positions on the field and are always very organised.

"I don’t want to come back to the past or to think about the consequences of the result. Football and life are about being strong enough to avoid the temptation to fall into frustration and keep working when the results are not coming. The only way I know to come back is to be loyal to our values: hard work, mentality with focus and consistency and deep faith in the style that made us be part - and competitive - in the best competition the the world.

"My pleasure to welcome today Douglas Luiz, a really good players who helped us a lot and we will wish him always all the best."

Unai Emery pre-match.



“I think Villa will be OK with the point at home. Looking at their campaign so far it has been three wins, that bizarre loss at Club Brugge with the freak goal, and the draw.

“They are ninth at the moment, just in the play-offs, the campaign has been successful up to now.”

Ex Villa boy Gary Cahill.



“Villa are on 10 points and that represents an excellent Champions League showing so far for them.”

Ex Villain Chris Sutton



“Emiliano Martinez is real character in goal. I like his starting positions. He's commanding in the box and pulls off stunning saves. There is reason why he's been voted the world's best goalkeeper for two years in a row.

“There was a moment where Aston Villa switched off completely at the back post and it was a free header. It was millimetres. It was an unbelievable save from Martinez.”

Ex Villa boy Peter Crouch.



"I am very happy because we won a point. We played a very competitive match. We were dominating the match to try to get three points.

"The last action is clear. It's the interpretation of the referee. We know in England, it's 80% not a foul, but in Europe, maybe not. For me it was harsh. In England, I know it's not a foul usually, because it was a very soft contact. But in Europe, it could be foul.

"I think the referee, in the beginning, he was giving it as goal. We have to accept his decision.

We played a serious match. We played trying to avoid the mistakes we made from the last matches. We were playing better and I think we more or less deserved to win the match than them.

"We analysed their play, they are building a team and are in the process. They are very competitive and very difficult to beat. They've only lost one match.

"But we wanted to play too. We were dominating them. We were getting into their box better and we had chances to score. They had the chance in the second half with that Emiliano Martinez save. I think it was very tight match for both teams. But I'm happy with the overall result. Three wins, one draw and one defeat is very good. We still have the possibility to get into the top eight."

Unai Emery post match.



**Should the goal have stood?**
"Everyone will know in England the interpretation is different. In England, the referee would say no foul, clearly no foul. In Europe the interpretation is different. They have to be working to get the same decision when some action like that is coming. I don’t know why, but we knew before the interpretation of referees in England is different for actions like that. When the action happened I was thinking that in Europe it’s a foul. In England no, but in Europe I have to accept it.

"This is the rule. At the beginning I was thinking he gave us the goal, but when he changed I was thinking it was strange but in cases like that it’s confusing because he has to wait for the VAR.

"Most important thing today was to try to understand this competition overall. We were playing against a favourite to be in the top eight and usually a contender to win this competition. We are one team for a long time who didn’t play in Europe and the Champions League and this year is very important.

"We wanted to play competitive and we are in the right way. Today to get one point is very good, we wanted to win but wanted to avoid some mistakes we made in previous games. We have 10 points and we’re happy. Our save from the goalkeeper was very important.

"It was a very tactical match but we were more or less thinking everything happened in 90 minutes was in our plan. I think this result is fair for both team and I’m really happy."

"He’s [Boubacar Kamara] is very important. He has come back. He goes as a six number. He’s giving us a lot of balance, he progressed a lot last year before his injury, playing and with confidence in the build-up. He is helping us in this direction. He has a big potential to continue exploiting.

"McGinn is coming back. His performances are getting better and he has to help us playing left side or a number 10 or right side. When he’s in good for and he's fit he’s very key. Today he played a good match for 90 minutes, playing seriously, he played giving us position and Morgan can play in both situations as well.

"Those players with versatility have to be always trying to be in both positions. With Ramsey injured, with those two players and adding Buendia, they are more or less in my mind to play in those positions."

"In the Champions League we are being competitive and reaching our target very quick. If we can fight for top eight we will do it. This point isn’t the best but it’s very important but we got 10 points and I think that’s very good for this competition we will try to be ambitious to compete for the top eight in the next three matches."

Unai Emery post match.