The English side handed out a heavy beating to their Scottish opponents.
Hibernian manager Lee Johnson shakes hands with Aston Villa manager Unai Emery before the Edinburgh side’s heavy defeat
Watkins grabbed his hat-trick three minutes after the restart with and Douglas Luiz adding a fifth from the spot in the 74th minute to make next week’s second leg at Villa Park all but academic. “There is a difference. Premier League players now are almost superhuman in their athleticism. It’s the super-elite from all over the world and that’s what you get.
“I’m still proud of the club for being at this level on this stage. The reality is we have an English League One budget against a fantastic multi-international standard Aston Villa.“At half-time we wanted to salvage some pride and look like we were going to go and win the half. We started it pretty well and got behind them, but that’s the difference – one break, one poor positional error, one quality pass and a great finish.
“We spoke before the match about how we had to respect the opponents and be focused and consistent in our game plan.
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