Unai Emery felt his Aston Villa side restored confidence by returning to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Brentford in the Premier League.Morgan Rogers’ fourth goal of the season, an Ollie Watkins penalty and Matty Cash’s finish put Villa 3-0 up after 34 minutes.

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery, speaking to Match of the Day after the 3-1 win over Brentford: "Scoring like [Morgan Rogers] did was fantastic, because this is the way to get confidence again.

Report and free match highlights from Wednesdays match between Aston Villa and Brentford at Villa Park; Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins and Matty Cash scored in the first half for Villa; Mikkel Damsgaard

Unai Emery is ready to count on Emi Buendia in case Morgan Rogers requires a rest in this busy period of matches after he has started each of Aston Villa's 18 Premier League and Champions League games.

Unai Emery has promised no-one at Villa is pressing the panic button as they look to halt their slide down the Premier League.

Unai Emery admitted that Aston Villa have lost the element of surprise that powered them to the Champions League places last season, after his side’s troubling winless run was extended to eight matches.

Aston Villa's run of poor form continued Sunday as they were defeated 3-0 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Villa were outperformed by the London side in every major statistic as the Blues cruised to a fairly easy victory,

Unai Emery has promised not to take any undue risk with Emi Martinez after revealing the Villa goalkeeper has suffered a hairline fracture in his hand.