Emery on 'staying consistent', priorities and facing Fulham

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

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• The Villa boss reflected on the eight-point cushion they have in the race for the Champions League: "Our consistency is giving us the opportunity to be in front of a lot of other teams. There is still points to play, we must be consistent until the last day. Our objective is to be in the top five but now we are fourth with Manchester United in third.

• He added: "Three years ago, I was here. I did not achieve this position we are now. I am speaking with the players, we must be demanding ourselves to be the best, to get the best position in the table. Tomorrow [Saturday] is a huge challenge against Fulham to try to get three points and be in the fighting for third position."

• Emery said the "Premier League is the priority", despite the Europa League semi-finals next week.

• He added: "[We are] facing each match, preparing for each match and focusing on each match. We are in semi-final of Europa League. We can even play the final in the Europa League and we can lose. We are only in touch of our objective and how we are going to finish in the League."

• "Consistency is key" for Emery: "When we started the season, the first five matches we weren't winning. Then in December, January we were a few points difference with Arsenal and Manchester City. We were dreaming, but they kept consistent longer than us and stronger than us. We are happy and excited there are more points to play for."

• On facing Fulham: "The challenge tomorrow is to think about how we are performing in the Premier League. Tomorrow Fulham is going to be difficult because it's always difficult away and Fulham have very good players and are performing consistently."