BirminghamWorld reporter Charlie Haffenden reacts after goals from Jacob Ramsey and Morgan Rogers helped Aston Villa brush aside Tottenham Hotspur to progress in the FA Cup.
Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio's performances are also assessed after the pair made their Villa debuts.
Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio's performances are also assessed after the pair made their Villa debuts.
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00:00Aston Villa are through to the fifth round of the Emirates FA Cup after beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 here at Villa Park under the lights.
00:10And Bostacoglu now under massive pressure at Tottenham after departing the Carabao Cup against Liverpool on Thursday and now 72 hours later suffering defeat once again, this time at the hands of Unai Emery's Villa.
00:23Unai Emery will be very, very happy with his performance from his players and he was so in the press conference after the game.
00:29Delighted to reach the fifth round of the competition for the first time as Villa boss.
00:34It's actually the first time the club have been in this position since they reached the final in the 2014-15 season, of course beaten by Arsenal in that game at Wembley.
00:42But Villa fans dreaming that they can reach the final once again, looking so, so strong, having depth in numbers.
00:49Getting to see Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio for the first time, their debuts in Villa tops tonight.
00:55Coming off the bench in the 66th minute, both of them coming on for Leon Bailey and Daniel Marlon.
01:01Slotting in to some fantastic areas and showing some skills on the ball, getting into advanced areas, very positive, very confident.
01:09Marcus Rashford, according to Ruben Amrim, doesn't try. Well, he was certainly trying on his first Villa appearance.
01:15Charging down every loose ball he could, trying to get into the best areas he could, determined to score a goal on his debut.
01:22He wasn't able to get that, but he did have one chance. He created a few as well for his teammates.
01:27Asensio, some great touches on the ball, a little turn with his first touches of the ball, so, so impressive.
01:34But the main stars of the night were Jacob Ramsey and Morgan Rodgers for me.
01:38Ramsey, the opening goal scorer, in 58 seconds, that's all it took for him to score the first goal of the game and set the tone for it.
01:46It was a great team goal, started by Lucas Dean and Uri Tielemann's quite deep.
01:51Then the ball was zipped in to Rodgers, who made a quick turn to be the top of the fielders.
01:56But a great through ball for Jacob Ramsey.
01:59Ramsey's finish actually wasn't that convincing, straight at the Tottenham goalkeeper, but Kinski made a big error.
02:05He flapped at the shot, he went in the back of the net and Villa had their lead.
02:09Villa, quite easily, could have been two goals up at the break, went in one goal up.
02:14And then in the second half, it was Rodgers who got the goal.
02:18Some great work on the right-hand side from Leon Bailey and Domniel Marlon.
02:21Bailey, you're thinking, you're taking too long here, as you normally do, dilly-dallying.
02:25But, he's actually holding up the play really well.
02:28As he waited for Marlon on the right, on the overlap, Marlon put it across the six-yard box.
02:33It was a failed clearance from a Tottenham defender and Rodgers was there to sweep in and get the goal.
02:38There was a late consolation from Matthias Tell, his first goal for Tottenham since signing from Bayern Munich.
02:43A very good finish actually, a delicate volley from a Kuleszewski cross.
02:47But it was just that, a consolation as Tottenham failed to get back into this game.
02:51So, Villa, they're in the hat for the fifth round.
02:53Villa fans dreaming that they could reach the final, potentially win the competition.
02:57What a story that would be. Unai Emery is delighted and rightfully so.
03:01The confidence here and the mood is high.