Villa can write themselves into history - Emery

Aston Villa leader Unai Emery says his players should position nan 2nd limb of their Champions League showdown pinch Paris St-Germain arsenic a chance to constitute themselves into nan club's history books.

Villa, who won nan European Cup successful 1982, suffered a 3-1 conclusion distant to nan Ligue 1 champions past week successful nan first limb of their quarter-final tie.

Emery admit his broadside will person to "manage" nan lucifer astatine Villa Park connected Tuesday "emotionally and tactically".

But nan Spaniard besides said his players person to "believe" they tin overturn a two-goal shortage and advancement to nan semi-finals.

"I person experiences coming back, results positively and negatively, successful 2 ways. But now is thing different," Emery said.

"We want to constitute present nan history pinch Aston Villa. Last year, successful Conference League [when they mislaid successful nan past four], and this twelvemonth successful Champions League, and hopefully for a agelong clip successful Europe."

Emery, 53, has only mislaid 1 of his 13 location matches successful awesome European competitions arsenic Villa boss, winning 11 of those.

Villa are besides connected a 17-match unbeaten tally connected location turf successful each competitions stretching backmost to November 2024.

Emery is hoping to brace Marcus Rashford and Ollie Watkins successful onslaught successful nan future, but said nan crippled against PSG mightiness not beryllium nan correct clip to deploy them together.

Rashford and Watkins person played successful 7 games together pinch nan astir clip nan brace person spent connected nan transportation pinch each different nan 82 minutes during Villa's 2-0 triumph complete Cardiff City successful nan 5th information of nan FA Cup.

"The adjacent measurement - if I person clip - is to play them together," Emery added.

"We did pinch Rashford playing near broadside but now we are choosing much pinch some playing arsenic strikers. That's nan adjacent step. I want to practise, I want to trial but not now, pinch capable time."

Villa attacking midfielder Morgan Rogers said nan club's fans person a captious domiciled to play successful generating an ambiance to animate nan nine to nan semi-finals of Europe's elite title for nan first clip successful complete 4 decades.

When asked really important nan location support astatine Villa Park will be, Morgan said: "Massive. Two-legged ties, that's nan full intent of it.

"You get your advantage astatine home, particularly successful nan position we're in, nan 2nd limb being astatine home. I deliberation that's monolithic for us.

"We tin create a existent atmosphere, we've done it this play successful nan large games, not conscionable Champions League but successful nan large convention games arsenic well."

Emery added: "If we are connecting pinch our supporters, if we are transmitting affirmative energy, if we are playing much aliases little getting tactically and individually bully things connected nan field, nan supporters, they are going to thief america a batch pinch their energy.

"They are going to transmit to america their energy, and ever for our players playing astatine home, pinch nan power they tin person from our supporters, it's thing adding positively. We request to usage now Villa Park for illustration our location and for illustration our fortress."