Emery: Villa aren't a top seven club - I was worried we'd be relegated!

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We are with West Ham, we are with Everton, we are with maybe Fulham or maybe Brighton. Image: Emery admits he was worried about being relegated at the start of the season "In that moment I was worried because I was thinking if we are not reacting, maybe we can't be involved in the Premier League, be in the relegation zone and maybe we can't escape this position."Of course we did - and quickly - and then we set our level higher and we are keeping it until now.

And even not being [at the level of] the last two months in our performance like we did before, we are keeping it."Villa, of course, recovered - winning 12 out of their next 13 league games - and Emery then felt his team was capable of a title fight."Of course when we were in December and we were close with Manchester City and Arsenal even I was dreaming in that moment to fight with them for the title," he recalls."But of course, we couldn't keep the same level they have and the same level they are showing. Their power is more than us, it's clear."But we were competing fantastic and of course we are Aston Villa, we have our historic way.

They are behind us."They have as well their ambition, priority and their target to be in the position we are more or less in."To be there is very difficult but there are a lot of teams in the Premier League performing fantastic like Brighton, like Bournemouth and they are close to us as well."This is the Premier League, it's very difficult and you must be so so resilient when you are not performing well to try to keep possibilities to react and to get better like we did."Will Villa be thinking of Europa final during Liverpool game? If we are losing we are achieving nothing."Watch Aston Villa vs Liverpool live on Sky Sports' Friday Night Football, kick-off at 8pm...