The Tottenham game was moved to Friday night following Spurs’ request for more time to prepare for Wednesday’s Europa League final in Bilbao against another Premier League team in Manchester United.

Villa were not happy with that decision and concerns have been raised that Spurs’ priority on Friday will be to avoid injury.

But Emery expects the north London club, a lowly 17th in the Premier League table, to be competitive at Villa Park.

“They are trying to manage to play Premier League and Europa League, how they are performing in the Europa League is really fantastic,” the Spaniard added.

“They are in the final… they are going to play with their better players, they are going to try and compete in getting the best performances to get ready for the final.”

Sixth-placed Villa are chasing Chelsea, Manchester City and Newcastle as they bid to secure Champions League qualification for a second successive season, with the top five from the Premier League entering next term’s event.

“I wish to play, I don’t want holiday because we are in a very good moment after a long season,” Emery said.

“Now we are very, very motivated, very excited to play in Villa Park tomorrow (Friday) for our objectives we have in front of us to play again in Europe.

“It is not in our hands, but we can have some chance to play Champions League again. We are focusing on Tottenham.”