Youri Tielemans has set his sights on a return to the Champions League places after coming a long way to overcome their travel sickness.
Aston Villa have placed themselves back among Europe's elite this season, but they have struggled for consistency this season amid their tough fixture list. But Villa won at Everton last week, fighting back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Arsenal, with Tielemans at the center of their battle.
Villa midfielder Tielemans said they are now trying to get back into the top four and said: “That is the ambition. That's why we try to stay consistent and hopefully achieve more positive results.
“We're trying to be more consistent away from home and we know we have to work on that. We know we are achieving good results at home, but outside the home we know we have to work on it. But this week we did well.
“Everyone thought it was over when Arsenal scored the second goal, they played very well to be fair to them. We just tried to keep our heads down to counter every now and then and score a goal, which we did.” did.
“It shows our character, our mentality and the way we don't give up as a team and we always try to push ourselves. This was obviously a very tough afternoon because they played good football and we had to dig deep and defend. really good.
“Anything can happen this season, it can change so much from one week to the next, but we are doing very well at the moment to get that win at Everton on Wednesday.
“It is not that easy to achieve a result here. But we just have to have that consistency when we're away from home and keep doing what we do at home.
“It's been a long time and the competitiveness this season is very high. I think we can see surprising results week in and week out, both home and away, so we have to stay consistent and get as many good results as possible.”
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