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​Smith insists Carabao Cup final no distraction for Aston Villa

Aston Villa boss Dean Smith says no one at the club is distracted right now.

Villa have a massive Carabao Cup final against Manchester City on March the 1st coming up.

But they are also in a relegation dogfight, and Smith knows that even one or two bad results at this stage of the season could doom them.

It is why he is sure that all his players are focused on the task at hand, beating Southampton in the Premier League at the weekend.

He told reporters: "It's no distraction. It's no bigger than Southampton at the moment... The Cup final is the following week.

"Every game we have got at the minute is a Cup final. We've got 13 games to play - 12 in the Premier League - and every game we go into we will scrap for points."

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