FA Cup: Aston Villa 2 West Ham 1 - Matt Maher analysis - video Dailymotion

FA Cup: Aston Villa 2 West Ham 1 - Matt Maher analysis

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00:00Good evening from Villa Park where Villa are celebrating a first FA Cup home win since 2016

00:09and everyone in the press room is celebrating the fact the game didn't go to extra time.

00:15It didn't because Morgan Rodgers got the winner 14 minutes before the end,

00:19completing a swift turnaround which saw Villa score twice in five minutes,

00:24Amadou Anana having cancelled out Lucas Pochetta's first-half strike

00:29and it meant that on the night Villa celebrated their 150th anniversary,

00:33wore an all-black kit, they were left victorious.

00:38For a long time it looked like Pochetta was going to poop the party really.

00:42Villa were poor, they didn't manage an attempt on goal until the 54th minute,

00:47West Ham were in front, seemingly re-energised under new boss Graham Potter

00:52and they were well worth a lead and Villa were struggling to create any chances.

00:56That all changed in the last half an hour, Villa started to get moving,

01:00Emily Boindia came off the bench with a game at 1-1 and played her hand in the winner

01:05and Villa ultimately could have won by more,

01:08Morgan Rodgers hitting the post after scoring and a number of other attacking opportunities

01:15not quite coming off but it was a much improved performance in the last 20 minutes,

01:18half an hour for Villa and it saw them win the game and they were in the hat for the fourth round.

01:24A bit of fortune, a bit of controversy over the equaliser, it came from a corner

01:29which shouldn't have been a corner, Amadou Anana shanking the shot out of play.

01:34On the other side Villa didn't get a corner when they should have got a corner about five minutes earlier

01:40so arguably those two things cancelled each other out but West Ham weren't very happy.

01:45But a win for Villa, again not a great performance in the first hour,

01:50similar to the weekend game against Leicester where really they struggled to get moving.

01:54They're going to have to improve, they're going to have to get better at that.

01:57It's away at Everton, the next three games are away from home,

02:01they're starting at Everton on Wednesday night when they've lost the last five Premier League away games

02:07so that record needs to improve.

02:09The only downside on the night, or the real one downside on the night is the injury to Ross Barkley,

02:13he's got a calf problem which we know he respects,

02:16we'll keep him out for two to three weeks but Villa are going to scan,

02:20or Ross Barkley's going to have a scan on that tomorrow when they should know more.

02:24But otherwise a good night at Villa Park and we didn't get the extra period and freezing cold temperatures.