"We've got some really key fixtures coming up and we want to try and take as many points as we can." "We'll give them some time to see their families and, hopefully, that will set us up for the second half of the season. "We're going to use this opportunity to really work on our fitness, on resetting our identity and working hard on the training pitch. "It's an important stage now," outlined head coach Gerrard. It's a few well-earned days off now for Villa's squad before they get back down to business with a gruelling "mini pre-season" planned at Bodymoor Heath next week. "They've had to run hard, fight hard and put their bodies on the line and, to get that reception from the away fans on the way off, was a wonderful reward for what the players gave." "We've got some players in the dressing room who really felt that," Gerrard said. A number of Aston Villa's dogged players slumped back on their chairs inside their makeshift away dressing room after their 1-0 win over Everton on Saturday, completely shattered and sapped of energy having left it all out there at Goodison Park.
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