Aston Villa boss Unai Emery says qualifying for the Champions League cannot be a one-off.

Villa end the season against Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Emery said: “It is a dream. It is very difficult. When we were at the beginning of the season playing two matches against City and Arsenal, we won both matches. We were there. Those teams are amazing with consistency.

"I want to get better and I have my dreams and I believe in my dreams. Of course my objectives is to win the Premier League or the Champions League. We are not contenders, but it is our dream to get something like that in the league in the Champions League.

On the club matching his ambitions, he said: “When I arrived here, my conversations with Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens were about winning trophies and getting Europe. To get there you have to be competitive. Even if we don't have the budget, we have to be intelligent and clinical in our decisions. This is still my objective. We are in the Champions League and we want to keep it. It is our challenge."

On celebrating their top four finish, he said: "Of course we played on Monday and our goal was to beat Liverpool and we didn't beat them.

"It was not a party watching the game and waiting, no. It was the awards of the club for players with supporters and of course we were watching [the] TV. I didn't want [to watch] because I prefer not to but it was there.

"It really was amazing when the match finished. At the beginning of the season it was a dream, really a dream. Of course we worked hard to try to be there."