The 2024/25 Premier League season will see Aston Villa travel to Bournemouth for the 36th round of the competition. Emery said his team will continue to aim for European qualification.

After Tielemans scored in the last round of the league, Aston Villa finally defeated Fulham 1-0 at home. After 4 wins and 1 loss in the last 5 rounds, Aston Villa ranked 7th with 60 points, and the situation for European qualification is still very fierce.

Aston Villa coach Emery said, "Our goal is to play in Europe and qualify for the European Cup again. We participated in the Europa League last season and the Champions League this season. There are three possibilities in Europe: playing in the Champions League, the Europa League or the Europa Cup."

As for Bournemouth, Andoni Iraola's team is currently ranked 8th in the standings with 53 points and is also aiming for European qualification.

Emery said, "They performed very well, which is not surprising. They have been fighting for a European place both last season and this season. Their coach Andoni Iraola has done a great job and they have many excellent and talented players. This will be a difficult game and we must stay focused from the first minute to the 90th minute."

"We know they are strong defensively, but they also have players who can create threats offensively and play with a high intensity. In our first meeting this season, they drew with us in the last minute because they are a very competitive team that never gives up."

Emery stressed, “They are now our direct competitors for European qualification. We have made great efforts in the Premier League over the past two months and currently have a slight advantage, but tomorrow’s game will be our biggest test in the recent Premier League schedule. It is our goal to participate in European competitions again, and to participate in the Champions League again is our highest dream, but it is also the most difficult and is not entirely in our own hands.”

"We are only focusing on tomorrow's game because after tomorrow we will know whether we can qualify for the European competition and which European competition we can play in, because other teams are ahead of us in points."

In addition, Emery also said, "After tomorrow's game, we will understand our position again. The same was true against Fulham last week. We discussed the game before the game and we can continue to discuss different things after the game."

"It would be completely different if we won, drew or lost. We are fighting for European qualification but the Champions League qualification is not in our hands. We have to win and then wait for other results."