For long periods on Sunday afternoon at Chelsea, the answers seemed further away than ever. The home side, who trailed in Villa’s shadow the past two seasons and who Emery’s men would like to consider rivals in the race for Champions League football, fizzed with energy and belief.

Unai Emery admitted that Aston Villa have lost the element of surprise that powered them to the Champions League places last season, after his side’s troubling winless run was extended to eight matches.

Unai Emery sat down with the media at Stamford Bridge after Aston Villa's 3-0 defeat to Chelsea. Nicolas Jackson opened the scoring in the seventh minute, before Enzo Fernandez doubled the lead and Cole Palmer added a third late on. Here is every word Emery said in his post-match press conference...