'La Remontada showed VAR was necessary' - Emery reflects on Barca's famous 6-1 comeback ahead of return to Camp Nou

Well, it's always a pleasure coming here to Barcelona. to play against Barcelona or against Espanyol. That's exactly what I mean—we're in the elite. Then, Barcelona is the favorite to win this competition. We can grab five teams on hand And one is Barcelona. How does the preliminary phase proceed to enter the following playoffs to finish among the top eight It is a new competition in that sense. You have to avoid surprises then, logically, there is moments from the season where you are creating, building walking a path but keeping in mind that in the second part of the season is where You have to decide the things but if in the first part you leave some things You don't even arrive Then, those, the favorite teams For this competition, are they taking this into account? We played three matches and won three matches. And we did a fantastic work. Tomorrow we are facing one of the favorite teams to win this competition, Then the challenge is An enormous challenge tomorrow. Perhaps for this Champions League It is the party but harder than what we are going to face Tomorrow against Barcelona. Can you remember a game? like this, 10 years ago In La Remontada? It was a remarkable game. What do you remember about that? What did you take from that as a manager? One more, one more, one whole lot more. Everything happened in that match, we know. In my career, I have learned that I am a coach. I started in 2006, 20 years. No, 2004, twenty-two years in a row. I'm playing 60 games in a row in Europe. Different competition, Champions League Europa League or Conference League And I learned in every competition, in every match. And in this match, I learned so many things. One, the sporting aspect, and the other, the non-sporting aspect. What was necessary for football at that time. What was necessary. Have you ever gone To this stadium? Once. Yes, in fact, I checked yesterday. Because I used to go to Porto Aventura and Salou on vacation. I was here for the stadium tour on the day Ricardo Quereshma signed for Barcelona I think I was eight years old. And I remember it was the day Quereshma signed for Barcelona. I've never been since, but tomorrow night I will be thrilled to represent Aston Villa. in the largest stage