Unai Emery refused to dwell on Aston Villa’s win over Lille in the Europa League round of 16, insisting that he wants to “improve”.
An Ollie Watkins header was enough for Aston Villa to beat the French side at home in Unai Emery’s 100th game as manager.
That result was their first win in their last five matches, ending a spell of four games without a win in all competitions.
“It’s done,” he said. “Everything I did is done. Now I want to play Sunday in Manchester. I want to play (next) Thursday against Lille.
“I want to continue being demanding in how I can improve the team and myself.”
Villa had not won any of their last four before this match and Emery praised his side’s performance on the night.
“The players responded to the message in the dressing room, about the difficulties. We spoke about the difficulties for English teams in Europe yesterday,” he explained.
“When we needed to feel strong in our structure, medium block or low block, we did it.
“It is 1-0, 90 minutes. The last round, Lille lost 1-0 against Red Star and then came back.”