Aston Villa boss Unai Emery has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Manchester City at Villa Park (kick-off 12:30 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Emery confirmed Amadou Onana, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Matteo Ruggeri are all "clearly out", however, he will see about his other players following Wednesday's win over Viking.

• On reaching four years as Aston Villa manager: "I am not doing a celebration, I am only trying to get better, to work more and to try to enjoy the way we are doing. My only celebration is when I can have some days off or I can rest, but another day is working, focussing."

• Asked about how they are balancing the fixtures this year being in Champions League too: "Last year we were in the same situation. We were with different players, in different competitions because we were in the Europa League and now in the Champions League. And our objective is each match, each competition. The challenge is to improve. The challenge is set strong our standards, our demands and the gap we have as a team collectively or the gap we have individually."

• On the scheduling of games across all competitions this campaign: "It's not my concern. And if we are speaking about it, we can use it as an excuse - and I don't like to use excuses. We are ready for tomorrow."

• On facing league leaders Manchester City: "They are favourite with Arsenal. They are so strong, so competitive in everything. The identity is clear. So we dream sometimes to be close to them. They have 21 points, we have eight. Game seven, the difference is so big."

• He added: "I think the key there is the coach. Enzo Maresca is doing a fantastic job. He worked with [Pep] Guardiola. He worked in Leicester, successful. In Chelsea, successful. And now he knows Manchester City players, culture, club, and he is following the same way they did before with Guardiola. I think this is the key."