Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was proud of the battle his gamers confirmed within the comeback win towards West Ham within the FA Cup.
The Villans discovered themselves 1-0 down early on via 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 stated there may be room for enchancment after conceding early once more.
He stated: “Completely satisfied, however we have been attempting to set an goal of not conceding a straightforward purpose, however we did it early once more.
“However we responded nicely. We didn’t concede probabilities once more kind of. The gamers confirmed our needs to do one thing within the competitors.
“We’re conceding a whole lot of targets, however our most necessary goal is to win.
“We attempt to be robust right here, to have a fortress. We now have accomplished what we’ve accomplished all season. We responded nicely and managed the sport kind of.
🗣️ “We create mayhem within the attacking third.”
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“After all it is rather necessary which workforce we are going to face after in the present day. 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 an announcement 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 stated: “A little bit of perception, we have been a bit extra affected person. There was extra ahead considering.
“We created probabilities, a bit extra mayhem within the remaining third, and that’s the place our targets got here from.
“We all know we are able to come again towards anybody. We’ll look to rectify the beginning of video games, however we’re proud of the best way we’ve completed them.
“Why can’t we win it? Something can occur in a cup competitors. You don’t know who you’ll draw, the place you’ll play.”
