David Moyes
West Ham UnitedUnai Emery
Aston Villa
Meeting Highlights...INJURY REPORT
Maxwel Cornet certainly won’t be available, he’s only just back and not on the grass yet. With Emerson, it will be a late call to see how he is. He has not got a serious injury, but he has a bit of a groin strain, so we will need to see how he is ahead of the match.
...ASTON VILLA
They are a very good side. Unai Emery is doing a brilliant job. He has got them in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League, which is a great achievement as well. They are knocking on the door of Champions League football as well, so they have done a great job, and it will be a really tough game against Aston Villa.
...MO KUDUS
It was a brilliant goal and a great performance from Mo Kudus against Freiburg, which has been coming. I said at the time that it was a bit of an old-fashioned winger's run, where you are trying to beat people as they come up to you. He is fasting as well for Ramadan. I think it is really important because Nayef Aguerd, Kurt Zouma, Kudus have got a focus, and they are really concentrated and they understand that it is quite a difficult time when you are not eating during the day. But I think sometimes it gives the players with that faith a bit of extra focus, so good on them.
David Moyes
Manager on West Ham United...INJURY REPORT
Maxwel Cornet certainly won’t be available, he’s only just back and not on the grass yet. With Emerson, it will be a late call to see how he is. He has not got a serious injury, but he has a bit of a groin strain, so we will need to see how he is ahead of the match.
...ASTON VILLA
They are a very good side. Unai Emery is doing a brilliant job. He has got them in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League, which is a great achievement as well. They are knocking on the door of Champions League football as well, so they have done a great job, and it will be a really tough game against Aston Villa.
...MO KUDUS
It was a brilliant goal and a great performance from Mo Kudus against Freiburg, which has been coming. I said at the time that it was a bit of an old-fashioned winger's run, where you are trying to beat people as they come up to you. He is fasting as well for Ramadan. I think it is really important because Nayef Aguerd, Kurt Zouma, Kudus have got a focus, and they are really concentrated and they understand that it is quite a difficult time when you are not eating during the day. But I think sometimes it gives the players with that faith a bit of extra focus, so good on them.
Unai Emery
Manager on Aston Villa…WEST HAM UNITED
They are being consistent, and they are being successful in Europe – last year they won the Conference League. In the league, they are consistent and contenders to try and be in the top seven teams.
…ABOUT MATCH
Sunday is very important for us and for them as well. We’re going to respect them a lot. It’s a big challenge for us to keep being consistent, to keep being focused in each competition and trying to get the best performances. My objective is to recover with the players and prepare as best as possible the match on Sunday and to be competitive on Sunday because the only way to win there is being competitive. I also need to be clinical in every decision I take tactically.
…WE HAVE TO BE READY
The players have to be ready, always being professional: playing matches, recovering, being intelligent. Playing next week in the break with their national teams, we have a lot of players. Some are debuting in Europe this year, but they are playing in their national teams too – for example, Watkins and Konsa. They have to be ready to play more than one match per week. This is the way and the process I want to do here.