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Unai Emery urged Aston Villa to end the job after they booked their spot within the Europa Conference League knockout stages.
The supervisor desires to seal top spot in Group E following Thursday’s 2-1 win over Legia Warsaw.
Alex Moreno’s winner – on his first look since May following a hamstring harm – earned victory after Moussa Diaby’s opener was cancelled out by Ernest Muci within the first half.
Victory got here after Legia followers clashed with police earlier than the sport – injuring three officers – which noticed the supporters barred from Villa Park.
Villa moved above Legia on the top of the group and wish some extent in Mostar, the ultimate group recreation, subsequent month to assure their final 16 spot.
Emery mentioned: “I’m really happy because we started this competition losing in Warsaw. We wanted to show how we have improved after that match and we played well.
“We were professional, feeling good, feeling strong and we want to finish first. It’s not complete yet but we are close to it.
“This competition is very important, it’s a trophy and trying to get minutes for some players. Alex Moreno has come back, Jacob Ramsey, Jhon Duran got 90 minutes and as a team we had to get performances with every player.”
Diaby struck after 4 minutes when he was despatched scampering down the proper by Youri Tielemans earlier than chopping inside and discovering the nook.
Jhon Duran went shut to including a second earlier than Legia cashed in on a horrible error by Boubacar Kamara after 20 minutes.
The midfielder acquired the ball from Robin Olsen on the sting of the field however handed straight to Muci, who discovered the top nook.
Encouraged, Legia settled and went shut three minutes into the second half when Gil Dias’ header hit the bar.
But it sparked Villa again into life and, after Kacper Tobiasz denied Diaby, Moreno netted a 59th-minute winner when he volleyed in Douglas Luiz’s free kick.
Legia, who beat Villa 3-2 within the opening recreation in September, are three factors behind and at the moment are dealing with a final 32 tie in opposition to a aspect dropping down from the Europa League in February.
Boss Kosta Runjaic mentioned: “It’s the expected result but we faced it in a pretty good way. Villa have a lot of power at home and are unbeaten since February.
“The first half was equal, we tried to play with courage and scored a fantastic goal. Villa played a good game but we could have defended their free-kick better and in the end it was a deserved win for Villa.
“Now we have one game left, we will be well-prepared.”
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