Morgan Rogers had just scored Aston Villa’s second in the 2-1 FA Cup victory against Tottenham Hotspur and Villa’s players had gathered to the left of the Holte End, a cacophony encompassing them, but Emery remained fixated on preparing his two substitutes.

It is extremely hard to believe that Aston Villa have not been in the hat for the fifth round draw of the FA Cup since 2015. But now they are there, they are looking like serious contenders to make it to Wembley with Liverpool,

Marcus Rashford appears to have already caused some dressing room drama after arriving at Aston Villa on loan from Manchester United.Prior to departing on loan, Rashford was at the centre of

Aston Villa reached the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time in 10 years, inflicting defeat on a Tottenham side knocked out of a cup competition for the second time in three days.

Aston Villa progressed to the FA Cup fifth round with a 2-1 victory over Tottenham as pressure mounted on beleaguered Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou.

Aston Villa and Tottenham have won a combined 15 FA Cups, but the last came in 1991 for Spurs. With Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea already out, this represents a real chance for both clubs to end their respective trophy droughts.

They no longer have that excuse, after falling away at Aston Villa 2-1. It was their second domestic cup loss in a week, and Spurs now have only the Premier League and the Europa League left to compete for.