Ollie Watkins is confident Villa can still qualify for the Champions League despite the frustration of Saturday’s 3-3 draw with Brentford.
The club’s top scorer claimed Unai Emery’s men lacked a “big team mentality” after blowing a two-goal lead and missing the chance to put pressure on rivals Tottenham in the race for a top-four finish.
The 28-year-old bagged a brace against the Bees, taking his goal tally to the season to 24 in all competitions ahead of Thursday’s quarter-final against Lille. “But, above all, trying to help the team get into the Champions League, which will be massive for us, from where we’ve come and when I joined the club, I didn’t expect to hopefully be playing Champions League football. But I’m very confident in the manager and the squad that we can do that. I’m really looking forward to the next six games we’ve got in the league and Europa Conference League.”
But Brentford then struck three times in nine second half minutes to turn the match on its head before Watkins got his second, with 10 minutes to go, to at least earn a share of the spoils.
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