Aston Villa manager Unai Emery faced questions from the media at his pre-match press conference ahead of the Premier League clash against Brentford on Wednesday night (8:15pm kick-off)

Unai Emery is preparing to make a late call on Emi Martinez after confirming the goalkeeper sustained a hairline fracture to a finger in Sunday’s 3-0 defeat at Chelsea.

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.

Emery opted to drop Bailey for Philogene for the trip to Chelsea, but the move didn't work. Perhaps he chose to start Philogene because of his ability to help out in a defensive capacity - as seen in his excellent display against Bayern Munich - and also to manage Bailey's minutes at the start of this hectic period of the campaign.

Last season with Mauricio Pochettino in charge, Chelsea failed to beat Villa in the league, drawing 2-2 away from home and losing 1-0 at Stamford Bridge. But after Sunday’s defeat, Emery pointed out a big change that he’s noticed under Maresca, one that bodes well for Chelsea in the future.

Even by his stands Emery, has been putting in extra hours. Villa's manager is desperate to end their run of four straight defeats

Unai Emery gave an update on Emi Martinez ahead of Aston Villa's Premier League clash against Brentford on Wednesday (8:15pm kick-off)

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.

"At the beginning of the season, we can sense some teams were better than us and one of them is Chelsea. We try to keep the balance and not be frustrated. "We are going to try again to recover our confidence for Wednesday against Brentford."

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...

Aston Villa's run of poor form continued Sunday as they were defeated 3-0 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Villa were outperformed by the London side in every major statistic as the Blues cruised to a fairly easy victory,