Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard has snapped at questions about his players' motivation in the final week of the season.

The Villans will host relegation-threatened Burnley on Thursday at Villa Park before facing off against Pep Guardiola's side on Sunday , who can clinch a fourth title in five years if they beat Villa, regardless of how Liverpool do against Wolverhampton Wanderers. But when it was put to Gerrard in his press conference on Wednesday that Villa's opponents have far more to play for than themselves, the former Anfield captain was having none of it.

“No they haven't. No they haven't," said Gerrard.

A reporter argued: "A relegation and a title?"

Gerrard responded: “Well, maybe from their point of view but I'm not involved in a relegation or a title, am I? I'm the Aston Villa manager. They're three important points. We'll have a full house there. We've got 20,000 people on a waiting list to come and watch the team so it's my responsibility to win both games. Thank you.

“We want two positive results. We want to finish as strong as we can and we want to improve our league position. Obviously, they're going to be two different challenges, we know that, one fighting at the top-end of the league and one at the bottom. We need to prepare for both in the best way that we can. They're coming within a short space of time so all of my players need to be ready because I'll be very surprised if the team will be the same for both games."