Emery says it’s very important Villa win FA Cup.

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery was happy after his team beat West Ham to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals, calling it a “very important” victory.

Villa conceded an early goal to West Ham but fought back with two goals to win 2-1 through Amadou Onana and Morgan Rogers to secure a place in the last 32 of the FA Cup.

“I’m very happy because we played really well, we’re getting stronger and more fearsome,” Emery said after the game.

“Winning is important for สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน confidence. We gave some players a chance to play. We are happy because this competition, which includes the historical aspect, is very important.”

Injuries were the story of a mostly dull first half, with West Ham losing forward Niclas Fullkrug to a hamstring issue after 16 minutes before Villa’s Ross Barkley limped off with an apparent ankle problem seven minutes later.

The Hammers did deservedly go in 1-0 ahead at the interval but Villa stepped it up after the break to take the lead and Jacob Ramsey was also unlucky to hit the post late on.

West Ham striker Danny Ings did have two terrific chances in added time but his first shot was blocked by Rogers and he could not sort his feet out for the second, swiping the ball high and wide while falling as Potter buried his head in his hands.

“In the 90 minutes we tried to be aggressive. We didn’t do it in the first half, but in the second half we were better. We’re sharper. We respected the competition and the opponent. We did what we planned.”