Alex McLeish has urged his Aston Villa side to forget about their win at Stamford Bridge and concentrate on the Swans visit<\/p>\n
McLeish saw his side chalk up an impressive 3-1 win at Chelsea on Saturday and now looks to create a New Year double by \u00a0defeating the Swans this afternoon.<\/p>\n
He told their official website\u00a0“Swansea are in a rich vein of form. They are a good side and we will certainly not underestimate them just because we have beaten Chelsea.<\/p>\n
“That counts for nothing. The best thing we can do now is go and win this game on the back of the victory at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
“Swansea at Villa Park is now the most important game for us. In fact, the Swansea game becomes even more important now.<\/p>\n
“The three points against Chelsea emphasises how important it is to win a home game in front of our own fans who I thought were magnificent at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
“We’re certainly not counting our\u00a0chickens! The\u00a0one thing about football is that when you think you’re doing well you get a\u00a0kick in the teeth.<\/p>\n
“I’ve always been one to keep my feet on\u00a0the ground. That’s what\u00a0I’ve asked the players to do and make sure they’re 100% ready for Swansea. We need to be physically and mentally ready for Swansea.<\/p>\n
“I saw a steel in the players before they went out. You say ‘go out and believe in yourselves’ but that’s easy to say. Can they take that on?<\/p>\n
“Teams can go to places like Chelsea and freeze. You can look in someone’s eyes and think ‘He doesn’t really believe he can win here.’ I didn’t see that in my players. They had that steel.<\/p>\n
“I think the Stoke game gave them plenty of confidence in terms of how resilient they were. They took that on against Chelsea.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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