Unai Emery was in front of the cameras at Bodymoor Heath on Monday afternoon for his pre-match press conference.
The Aston Villa head coach was quizzed on several topics as he previewed his team's Premier League clash against Fulham.
Here's what he had to say...
On team news...
“Hopefully, Emiliano is ready for tomorrow.
“We are going to know tomorrow morning when we meet to prepare for the match.
“The other players are not players to add for tomorrow, those who are now injured are progressing well but are not ready for tomorrow yet.”
On his philosophy…
“I need to play under pressure because, to me, to play under pressure means you can achieve and you can be successful in your career.
“Trying to be positive when you’re not winning, you have to be. Practice, practice, practice every day and try to get better every day.
“Then, when you are facing each match, try to play thinking this is the most difficult match of your life. That is my idea to create here.
“First is trying to face each match feeling like you have to do your best performance and respecting the opponent. At the end, when you are playing under pressure you are changing it being positive because you have prepared for it.
“That is a long, long process with a lot of practice, analysis, and you need a lot of conversation with them to convince them to do it.”
On Douglas Luiz’s importance…
“His qualities are necessary for us and for the idea I have to create a team, it’s very important. He’s very important and he has big potential.
“He can progress more. I’m trying every day to support him and to push him to do one more step ahead as a player. He’s doing it and he’s working very well.
“He is taking responsibility on the pitch like I want. We are being demanding of him to do more because he can and he can take steps ahead.
“His qualities are very important for the idea I want to create in this team. I want to get the best of him for us.”
On Fulham…
“I like their coach a lot. (Marco) Silva is a very good coach. He’s very experienced here in the Premier League and has been successful.
“They are a very organised team. I try to take my personal challenges and to play against them – how we can play against them, how we will be organised against them offensively and defensively, how we can perform against the very good players they have.
“As a coach, tactically, I expect a lot from them.”
He added: “They have a lot of different, tactical ways to play against us. For us, tomorrow will be a very difficult match.
“After the last matches we played at home, keeping four clean sheets and playing very well against Newcastle, they are going to respect us more than normal.
“They are going to face us being strong. It’s going to be a good match for me, our players and our supporters facing them and showing how we can add to the last matches.”
