Jess Park doubled City's lead after Khadija Shaw's opener
Second-half strikes from Khadija Shaw and Jess Park sent Manchester City through to the semi-finals of the Adobe Women's FA Cup after a 2-0 win over Aston Villa.
Shaw put City out in front not long after the restart when she met Mary Fowler's weighted pass before coolly slotting the ball under Villa shot-stopper Sabrina D'Angelo and into the net.
Jess Park added a second in the 71st-minute to secure her side's place in the semi-final when she tapped home past D'Angelo.
Gareth Taylor's side attacked from the off, with the first chance of the game falling to Fowler after just five minutes when she fired straight at D'Angelo.
Park then attempted to find Shaw in the middle with a cutback only for the ball to take a deflection into the arms of the Aston Villa keeper.
The goalkeeper wouldn't have to wait long before another test arrived her way, with Fowler floating a cross into the intended path of Shaw, though D'Angelo would quickly punched the ball clear to avert danger.
With City building momentum, Vivianne Miedema looked to try her luck from distance, but she could only watch effort whistle wide of the far bottom corner.
Down the other end of the pitch, Ebony Salmon looked set to break the deadlock when she was slipped through on goal, but City keeper Ayaka Yamashita acrobatically tipped her attempt over the bar as the two sides entered the break deadlocked.
But the visitors would finally pry open a stubborn Villa rearguard when Fowler's low ball found Shaw in the 52nd-minute, with the forward casually firing beyond the reach of D'Angelo.
With less than 20 minutes left on the clock, Park doubled her side's lead with a close-range finish to secure City's place in the final four.