Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was pleased with their Europa League Conference second-leg playoff win against Hibs on Thursday.

The 3-0 triumph, which came via goals from Jhon Duran, Leon Bailey and Matty Cash, saw Villa reach the group draw 8-0 on aggregate.

Emery later said: "I'm very, very happy because we are finishing last season by qualifying for the group stage.

“For me, it's very important to be in Europe; I think for the club as well and the supporters.

“We can enjoy and be excited about a new way in Europe since 2008/09 when Aston Villa last played in the group stage in Europe.

“We won the tie in Scotland, but the supporters were with us today and the stadium was full. We really enjoyed it."

Emery added: “For us, it's about trying to keep the same atmosphere we created last season in the Premier League.

“Today, everything was thinking about finishing last season because we hadn't qualified for Europe directly.

“We needed to finish like we did today.

“The performance was good. We wanted to qualify being consistent, building our idea and our style to control the game.

“We got a clean sheet and the result was very good. Now we are going to think about Liverpool on Sunday."