Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says they go to Manchester United on Boxing Day full of pride.

Villa face United sitting in third place.

Emery said: “The Premier League after 38 matches is deserving for each team's position.

“We are now on match 18, we are going to finish in Manchester on Tuesday on match 19, the first half of the season. And we are demanding.

“We are happy. I am proud of our work, our way, with our supporters and the players.

“But I want to finish on Tuesday trying to face Manchester United, really, how we can face them being in this moment better than them in the table.

“They are contenders to be in the top seven, top four teams more than us.

“Tuesday is a very good match for us how we can face them, how we are with them until match 19, how we are facing the teams who are contenders more than us in the table to be there.

“For example, we played in Newcastle and we lost, we played in Liverpool and we lost, we played in Tottenham and we won, we played in Chelsea and we won.

“A lot of matches against the top seven teams/contenders in the table we played at home – Brighton, Manchester City and Arsenal.

“Now we are going to face again away and away is always the challenge more than at home, usually it's more difficult."