Aston Villa must find their pre-Christmas form and fast
A poor run against the higher rated teams in the league as of late.
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00:00 Aston Villa have lost their form at home run against Newcastle. They have beaten the top sides. City and Arsenal have had fantastic wins. Maybe their form against other sides battling for that top four, top six hasn't been good enough other than those two. It's been quite a whirlwind.
00:27 Three big games coming up as well. They should look for maximum points, if they really want to make an imprint on that top four, top six area.
00:37 They've definitely fallen away since Christmas. Before that they looked incredible against Man City and Arsenal. Two back-to-back 1-0 wins in the space for a week. Everyone talking about them as potential title contenders. They've fallen away from that now.
00:54 The loss to Manchester United was massive. If they'd beaten United, they'd be 11 points clear of sixth. The top five would be not quite secured, but on its way to being. The defeat meant it's only five points now.
01:06 If they don't start picking up points again, getting maximum in the next three games has got to be the ambition. Otherwise, the likes of Man United are going to catch up. Chelsea and Newcastle might have a chance if they can really pull some form together.
01:20 Tottenham are now in fourth place. They've leaped from Villa and they're looking more likely to finish in that final top four spot. Champions League football for fifth is about a 75% chance at the moment, depending on UEFA coefficients.
01:32 I think Villa are hoping for that fifth spot, but they need to start improving once again. A big injury has been sustained. Boubacar Kamara has done his anterior cruciate ligament in his knee.
01:43 He went down against Man United. A lot of people feared the worst. He was able to walk off, albeit gingerly, but a scan afterwards has confirmed that he has done his ACL.
01:53 It's five or six months at least, which means not only is Premier League season is over and is Europa Conference League season, but potentially he's going to miss the Euros as well. So a massive miss.