Aston Villa boss Unai Emery, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "Very important. We needed to win and compete and respect them like we did. "The match was tight and for 90 minutes equal in some ways but I think we created the most chances and more times we got into their box.

Champions League-chasing Aston Villa seek to put their indifferent form behind them on Wednesday at the expense of an out-of-sorts Brighton side who have lost seven of the past nine league meetings.

Villa are aiming to arrest a slide that has seen them fall nine points behind Arsenal and in danger of losing third place.