Emery says home fans can inspire Aston Villa comeback against PSG
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Unai Emery says his players can feed off the energy of their fans as Aston Villa seek to overturn a 3-1 deficit in today’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Paris Saint-Germain.
The newly crowned French champions came from a goal down at the Parc des Princes last week, with a stoppage-time Nuno Mendes strike changing the complexion of the tie.
“Our expectation is to get a good result in the second leg,” Villa manager Emery told reporters yesterday. “Of course the fact that they won 3-1 is changing something.
“But a lot? No. Why? Because we have to win. We had to win with 2-1 and with 3-1 now. But now, we have to win with one more goal.”
PSG have won 17 of their past 18 games in all competitions, the only exception being a 1-0 first-leg home defeat to Liverpool in the Champions League last 16, which they overturned at Anfield.
They have not lost by more than one goal since October and only once in 47 matches this season.
But Villa themselves are in good form -- they have won eight of their past nine matches in all competitions, with their only stumble coming in France last week.
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