The Blues travel to Villa Park on Wednesday knowing a victory would move us to within three points of Unai Emery’s side, who currently lie fourth in the table. Keeping the Villains in touching distance could well prove pivotal in what looks set to be another tight race to finish in a Champions League berth.

Though Villa’s form has tailed off in recent weeks – they have won two of their past six league fixtures and lost at Wolves on Friday – they remain a very dangerous side, especially because of their threat from distance.

The likes of Morgan Rogers, Emi Buendia and John McGinn are among those capable of the spectacular, and Villa's 13 goals from outside the box is the highest in the Premier League this term. Rosenior is wary of that danger, as he explained at his press conference today.

‘The reason Aston Villa score great goals is that they have great attacking players,’ said Rosenior.

‘We show individual clips to our players; they know the strengths and weaknesses of each individual they are up against. They are very clinical in terms of the xG they create and the value of the goals they score.

‘They are a good team and it’s going to be tough because they are going to have a reaction to their last result. We have to make sure we are prepared for a very difficult game.’

Rosenior’s Blues will be trying to return to winning ways after three frustrating results in a row. After dominating but not beating Leeds or Burnley at the Bridge, we then more than matched league leaders Arsenals on Sunday, only to leave north London with nothing.

Our head coach believes we haven’t always got what we have deserved since he arrived, but despite that, Rosenior says he has learned a lot as he seeks to shape the side into his image.

‘No matter your identity, you adapt it for each game. I think if we’re being rounded in our opinion on the games, I can’t think of one game since I’ve taken over where I think you come away and say that we didn’t deserve to win that.

‘Even against West Ham, when we were 2-0 down, we still deserved to win that game. What we haven’t done is take advantage of moments and as a coach, that can be really frustrating. But you have to understand it’s part of the process for me to learn about the players, which I’ve said before.

‘What I have learned is that these players are more than capable of performing with the identity I want to play with, but that takes months. What we have to do is win in the short-term but also with an eye of being consistently elite in the short term.’