Unai Emery hails Aston Villa players' spirit in 'fortress' after FA Cup win

[ad_1] Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was proud of the struggle his gamers confirmed within the comeback win in opposition to West Ham within the FA Cup.

The Villans discovered themselves 1-0 down early on by Lucas Paqueta’s strike, however confirmed resilience within the second half to show the tie of their favour.

Amadou Onana netted the equaliser within the 71st minute earlier than Morgan Rogers grabbed the winner 5 minutes later.

Total the Spanish head coach was happy but in addition mentioned there may be room for enchancment after conceding early once more.

He mentioned: “Glad, however we had been attempting to set an goal of not conceding a straightforward purpose, however we did it early once more.

“However we responded properly. We didn’t concede possibilities once more roughly. The gamers confirmed our needs to do one thing within the competitors.

“We're conceding a variety of targets, however our most essential goal is to win.

“We attempt to be sturdy right here, to have a fortress. We have now performed what we've got performed all season. We responded properly and managed the sport roughly.

🗣️ “We create mayhem within the attacking third.”

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“In fact it is extremely essential which workforce we are going to face after immediately. However now we focus, as a result of we're in three competitions and we need to get one thing within the Champions League, within the Premier League and now within the FA Cup.”

Matchwinner Morgan Rogers laid down a press release of intent in his post-match interview.

He believes the membership can win the well-known trophy and put an finish to their drought.

Rogers mentioned: “A little bit of perception, we had been a bit extra affected person. There was extra ahead pondering.

“We created possibilities, a bit extra mayhem within the last third, and that’s the place our targets got here from.

“We all know we will come again in opposition to anybody. We’ll look to rectify the beginning of video games, however we’re proud of the way in which we’ve completed them.