Unai tells Villa: We must take our game up a level!

VILLA manager Unai Emery has challenged his side to keep improving if they are to maintain their "amazing" challenge on three fronts this season.

- By JOHN TOWNLEY

Villa reached the FA Cup semi-finals with victory at Preston on Sunday and face Paris St Germain in next week's Champions League quarter-finals.

Next up for Emery's side is tonight's Premier League game at Brighton, who are also vying for European football next season and where Villa will be bidding for a sixth straight win in all competitions.

"We're excited and demanding ourselves to be focused for the last two months in three competitions," he said. "We're motivated to get our best performances collectively and try to reduce a lot of goals that we conceded.

"In the last matches, we are getting better. (Brighton) is a very good test again for how we can be more con sistent, playing at the level we want to achieve and in the level we are get ting at the end of the season to play in the Premier League and achieve top seven, top five.