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Unai Emery was left disappointed after Aston Villa lost out to Everton in the third round of the Carabao Cup.

The Toffees took a two-goal lead before Boubacar Kamara inspired hopes of a comeback with his first goal for the club after 83 minutes.

But despite dominating possession throughout and creating some good chances, the home side couldn’t level the scores as their ten-game winning run at Villa Park came to an end.

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“We feel disappointed with the result,” Emery said.

“Some of the mistakes we made tonight were not normal, but we have to try to add some players into the team and try to get balance with them in every competition we are going to face.

“We started at the beginning controlling the game – not being very efficient at getting into their box but controlling with ball possession.

“The injury to Leon Bailey and their goal was when we were a little bit nervous. In the first half, we tried to change something to get responsibility for some players.

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“In the second half, we started well but only for three or four minutes as we made another mistake and they scored. Then it was very difficult to come back and get a result."

Emery took heart from Villa's desire to mount a comeback and get back into the game, giving them something positive to take heading into Saturday's Premier League fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion.

He said: “We tried and we played better, controlling the game better than the first half. We created some chances and scored one goal, but it wasn’t enough.

“We have to move on quickly and thinking about Saturday at home against Brighton. It’s going to be very important here at home with our supporters, trying to keep the same structure, tactically, that we were doing.”

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