Unai Emery is keen not to rest on his laurels after Aston Villa maintained their fine form with Sunday’s tough win at Brentford.
A bruising game against The Bees saw the visitors emerge victorious, winning 2-1 thanks to goals from Álex Moreno and Ollie Watkins.
A fifth win in six Premier League games keeps Villa within touching distance of the top of the table, and Emery wants to keep pushing his side on.
He said: “Let’s keep going. Even when we lost in Nottingham Forest we were trying to send the same message: keep going, move on.
“When we were drawing in Bournemouth it was a very good point but it was not enough to be 100% comfortable. Today we won and we’re happy we completed the match winning those three points.
“We are moving on because on Friday we will face Sheffield at home and it’s a new challenge. We have to try to keep consistent across 38 matches.
“We are in day 17 with two matches before we complete the first half of the season. We have to be consistent.”
A feisty affair in London saw the hosts reduced to ten men while leading 1-0 before Villa saw Boubacar Kamara sent-off when they led 2-1.
It was a testing match emotionally and physically for all involved, with Emery delighted to have come through it with a win.
“I’m very happy. It’s really very difficult to win away and a lot of things happened in 90 minutes,” he said.
“After the first half when we were losing, in the dressing room we were speaking about how we could improve some things we didn’t do well in the first half.
“Overall, we were controlling the game, getting into their box and creating some chances. We conceded two or three chances to them and we needed to avoid it.
“In the second half, we were progressively controlling the game and when they received the red card we pushed a little more. We came back and got the result, and I think we deserved it.”
