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Unai Emery refutes Aston Villa FA Cup suggestions

Unai Emery insisted Villa are not yet among the favourites to win the FA Cup despite beating Cardiff to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in a decade.

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Marco Asensio scored twice in the second half to earn Emery’s men a 2-0 win over the Championship strugglers which put them in the hat for Sunday’s draw.

But despite expressing his excitement the Villa boss believes they are still outsiders to win it.

Emery said: “Yes we are in the quarter final and one step forward in this competition, which we didn’t do in the last two years here. 

“But there are still some teams who are more favourite than us, like Man City, Man United, Newcastle.