Aston Villa thumped Hibs 5-0 at Easter Road in the first-leg of their Europa Conference League qualifier on Wednesday.

Ollie Watkins struck a hat-trick, with Leon Bailey and Douglas Luiz (p) also on the scoresheet.

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery later said: "We know we really played a high level, and didn't let them play how they usually play. The end result is maybe not deserved, but we deserved to win, and our respect of them is playing how we played.

"We know they are very good in the transition. We know they have good long balls and crosses. We tried to keep control with the ball, and we did it.

"I am happy, but everything we did was with respect. In this competition, first we have to be in the groups, and second, trying to do something here."

Meanwhile, Hibs boss Lee Johnson stated: "First of all, I was proud of the club for getting to this point. I was disappointed with the scoreline. I felt the shape was okay in the first half, but in terms of moments in our control we weren't good enough.

"The gulf in quality showed after that period in the first 20 minutes. Too many times we gave the ball away, too many times we were offside. That was the lesson for us and we hope we can learn from this.

"There's huge differences between the budgets and we're doing well to compete at this level and today is a big lesson for us."