Unai Emery has always been a manager who dreams big.
"My dream is to win the Champions League," he told Aston Villa fans after guiding them back into Europe in 2023. The notion of Villa helping him achieve that would have, then, been almost laughable.
Now, after his side beat third-placed Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Premier League for a seventh consecutive win in all competitions, the Spanish manager has got the whole club dreaming big with him.
The victory moves Aston Villa level on points with fifth-placed Manchester City and in with a chance of qualifying for the Champions League - via their league position - for the second successive season.