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RB Leipzig vs Aston Villa - Match preview

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00:00Good evening from Leipzig where Uno Emery has held his pre-match press conference ahead

00:07of tomorrow night's Champions League clash with RB Leipzig.

00:12Press conference only ended about half an hour ago but we've already been kicked out

00:15of the building which is why this is being filmed outside next to a very busy road so

00:19apologies for the traffic noise and you might be able to hear Slipknot in the background

00:24as well because they're playing next door which caused a bit of traffic carnage in actually

00:28getting to the press conference but when we did get here it was Uno Emery and Morgan

00:32Rodgers who spoke. Emery basically challenged Villa to break their limits tomorrow night

00:39by beating RB Leipzig. He pointed out that Leipzig are regulars in the knockout stages

00:46of the Champions League even though they are without a point in this year's competition

00:52and sit in the bottom three. For the hosts it's a desperation stage. Their boss Marco

00:59Rose described it as a must-win game and Uno Emery thinks that's going to make for a really

01:06good game. Interesting to hear from Morgan Rodgers as well. Very humble Rodgers. He's

01:13basically said that he doesn't feel like he's an established Premier League player which

01:16is some comment really because he's one of only two Villa players to have started every

01:20Premier League game. He's also just made his England debut last month but he basically

01:24said that he feels there's a lot more to come. He feels he needs to be more consistent and

01:29he said that he wants to be considered one of the best players in the Champions League

01:33with obviously a fantastic experience for him and the Villa players this season playing

01:37in it but you get the sense with Rodgers that he really wants to kick on. He's come a long

01:41way in the space of what, 11 months? The first joy for Middlesbrough to become a key part

01:48of Villa's team. In terms of injury news, nothing new to report really. Leon Bailey

01:54is out as we expected. Uno Emery said it's not a bad injury though, his hamstring issue

01:58and that he could even play at Nottingham Forest on Saturday but otherwise it's as you

02:04were with Villa and it will be interesting to see what Uno Emery does in terms of that

02:11forward line, whether he plays Jadon Fillerjean or whether he does something else.