OLLIE DOWN NOT OUT

OLLIE WATKINS insists Aston Villa's Champions League hopes should not be written off despite their thrashing by Tottenham.

- BRENDAN MCLOUGHLIN

Unai Emery's men slumped to a 4-0 defeat on Sunday in a major blow to their dream of qualifying.

While Villa remain in fourth, fifth-placed Spurs are just two points adrift with a game in hand and superior goal difference.

Villa's top goalscorer Watkins was disappointed both with the outcome and his own display, which he labelled a "poor performance", but insists the battle is far from over.