Rashford’s Brace Steers Aston Villa Into Semis

Aston Villa zoomed into the semi-final of the FA Cup after a comfortable 3-0 win over Preston North End.

The win put Unai Emery’s side on course to win the world’s oldest national competition for the first time in 68 years.Marcus Rashford opened scoring for the Villains

when he side-footed a low cross from Lucas Digne into the net 13 minutes after halftime

The England international converted a penalty shortly afterwards when Morgan Rogers was fouled inside the box.

Jacob Ramsey scored the third for Aston Villa to put the game beyond Preston.

The hosts earn a first FA Cup semi-final since the 2014-15 season when they defeated Liverpool in the last four but lost 4-0 to Arsenal in the final.