Unai Emery has reminded Villa to look on the bright side despite Tuesday’s defeat at Monaco damaging their Champions League top-eight hopes.

Aston Villa's chances of finishing in the Champions League top eight hang in the balance after losing to Monaco on Tuesday evening

AS Monaco secured a sedate 1-0 win over Aston Villa in the UEFA Champions League to move to 13 points in the league phase, and very likely ensure that France has at leas

AS Monaco edged out Aston Villa 1-0 at home in the Champions League on Tuesday, thanks to an early goal from Wilfried Singo, to secure the Ligue 1 side their first win of the year.

Prince William was in Monaco to watch Aston Villa in the Champions League. But the future king of England couldn’t bring his beloved team luck as the Premier League side fell to a 1-0 defeat at Stade Louis II.

Monaco vs. Aston Villa is available to live stream for free on Virgin Media Player in Ireland.

Until this week, his ire was chiefly aimed towards the officials and why, in his mind, Aston Villa had been “unluckier with the refereeing this season.” Advertisement Defeat in Monaco made Emery turn inwards.

With Monaco unable to finish some of their best chances and on a mixed run of form themselves, there still could have been a route back to taking points home. In a way, no great harm was done here, as Emery pointed out - "We are in the next round.

Fifth positioned Aston Villa will look to solidify their place in the automatic qualification places as they travel to take on a Monaco side aiming to arrest a concerning decline in results.  Two more wins for Aston Villa would guarantee their passage through to the next phase,