Unai Emery takes his Aston Villa team to Wembley on Saturday as they look to secure a place in the FA Cup final.

Standing in their way is a Crystal Palace side who've taken a win and a draw from the sides' two Premier League meetings this season, while also besting Villa in the League Cup.

Manager Emery offered his thoughts on facing the Eagles in FA Cup semi-final.

“It’s a good opportunity for us to be in this semi-final and to enjoy this moment with our supporters, to travel to London with them and to play a match.

“My expectation is that it will be a very difficult match because they’re motivated and in a good moment. They played very well in the last match against Arsenal and it’s giving us information about how they are.

“Other information we can have is how they performed against us this year and even in the last match last year when we played there. I have massive respect for the coach, massive respect for Crystal Palace and their players, and massive respect for the semi-final.

“Every semi-final we’re facing is always being difficult. Why? Because every team is there because they deserve it. And then it’s about how we are. We are motivated like them, we’re in a good moment like them and we want to try and play this match getting our best performances individually and collectively.”

“As a coach, my challenge when I arrived here was to get some trophies during the way. This is one opportunity because we’re in a semi-final, but there is still a lot of work to do.

“When you’re getting experiences and getting some trophies during those experiences, the most important thing I enjoyed and learned was during the way, not the end. How we are doing this year in the FA Cup is really amazing.

“This is the process I want to enjoy. I want to enjoy the semi-final and everything we are going to do, from the way we are doing, travelling to London, being together, preparing the match, having some meetings, the atmosphere tomorrow in Wembley. At the end, the objective is to win, but the process is the really important thing.”