Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was happy with their 1-0 win at FA Cup opponents Middlesbrough.

Villa won 1-0 at the Riverside stadium thanks to Matty Cash's late goal.

Emery said: "We were remembering before the match the past few years we have not qualified past the third round.

"But today we played seriously for 90 minutes with a game plan and we controlled the game a lot.

"We created not very clear chances, but in the second half we created very good chances and they had some good attacks.

"We were keeping in our mind the game plan and our passions.

"At the end we won and more or less I think we deserved it."

On Aston Villa's mentality: "The mentality you have to be there everyday and you have to get experiences and see what we are facing.

"We were keeping in our mind the game plan and until the last minute we were trying to be very positive in our area and at the end we won. It was fantastic."

On Middlesbrough, he added: "They had very good players trying to combinate and play with possession and trying to get in behind."