Aston Villa defender Torres ready for David test

Aston Villa defender Pau Torres is ready to face off against Lille's central striker on Thursday.

Torres and his teammates will take on the French side in the Conference League quarter final.

The Spaniard will have to battle against Jonathan David, who manager Unai Emery has labeled a dangerman for Lille.

On David, Torres stated: "He is the most important player of Lille. He has power, he has speed. He is a really good player, but we need to keep focused in every player they have.

I like the center-back Yoro. He's a very good young player. We need to keep working as a team and control as much as we can their players."

On whether he prefers to finish in the top four of the Premier League or win this competition, he added: "For me both competitions are so, so important.

After 26 years we have a quarter-final at home. We want to play all the game in front of them. It means that we will be in the semi-final. We are working on it. I think this month and a half is the most important and we need every player to be focused on it."