Aston Villa manager Unai Emery

Unai Emery reveals what is still irking him after Aston Villa's comeback against West Ham

by · Birmingham Live

Unai Emery admits the most important thing on Friday night was to progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup, but he is irked about the amount of goals Aston Villa continue to concede.

Villa fell behind early on when Lucas Paqueta beat Robin Olsen from inside the box, before Amadou Onana equalised in the 71st minute. Morgan Rogers then scored the winning goal five minutes later as he applied the finish to Ollie Watkins' cross.

The result puts Villa in the hat for the FA Cup fourth round for only the second time in the last nine campaigns, having seen off Middlesbrough on Teesside last year.

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"Happy, but we were trying to set an objective of not conceding an easy goal, but we did it early again," Emery said on ITV.

"But we responded well. We didn't concede chances again more or less. The players showed our wishes to do something in the competition.

"We are conceding a lot of goals, but our most important objective is to win. We try to be strong here, to have a fortress. We have done what we have done all season. We responded well and controlled the game more or less.

"Of course it is very important which team we will face after today. But now we focus, because we are in three competitions and we want to get something in the Champions League, in the Premier League and now in the FA Cup."

The FA Cup fourth round draw will take place on Sunday after the conclusion of Arsenal's match against Manchester United.

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The club is continuing its season-long celebration on Friday night when Unai Emery's side host West Ham in the FA Cup. To mark the fixture, which is nearly 150 years to the day of their first-ever recorded match, players will wear a one-off black kit.

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