Unai Emery sends Aston Villa message as Wembley awaits
Unai Emery has warned Villa have no time to dwell on Tuesday’s late heartbreak at Manchester City as they start preparing in earnest for Wembley.
A stoppage time goal from Matheus Nunes condemned Villa to a 2-1 defeat which damaged their hopes of a top-five Premier League finish.
But Emery swiftly turned his attention to Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final showdown with Crystal Palace.
He said: “We can’t waste time now, thinking about this. We have to analyse. Try to be very focused in our analysis about what we did, better or worse.
“But we have an FA Cup semi-final on Saturday. We are looking forward to playing with our supporters and enjoying it.”
Marcus Rashford’s 18th minute penalty appeared to have earned Villa a point but they were stung at the death when Nunes converted Jeremy Doku’s low cross at the far post.
Emery said: “I’m disappointed a little, but so quick, I am changing my mind and now we are going to focus on the match on Saturday.
“We have a very exciting moment in London on Saturday with our supporters against Crystal Palace in the semi-final and we have to enjoy it.
“We lost, we have to accept it. Of course, we tried, and I’m so happy with how we competed, but it was not enough, and even getting one point was not enough for us.
“But now, change our mind, try to get a lot of information about this match and to use positive things and be really positive for Saturday, how we can continue in our way in the FA Cup.”
