West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis slammed Aston Villa's security after their FA Cup defeat ended in a pitch invasion.

Pulis insisted Villa should have recognised the potential problems ahead of the game.

He said: "I actually think Villa should look at the stewarding. It's a quarter-final of the FA Cup, a full house, you know it's going to be tasty. You should have stewards but the hierarchy at Villa should recognise the need for stewards both ends of the pitch.

"It puts the players at danger and we don't want to see that. We were seeing it in the 1970s and 80s and we don't want to get back to that.

"I'm sure the FA will look at it without me poking my nose in too much."

Tim Sherwood defended the hosts' stewarding - despite fans lining up on the side of the pitch before the end - and insisted emotions were running high.

"What can you do? The stewards did their best, I saw them rugby tackle a few guys, but when they are coming on in such numbers it's difficult to stem it," he said.

"I can't condone the fans entering the field, but I have to be totally honest I can understand their emotions, they've just beaten their local rivals twice in a week and once in the quarter-final of the FA Cup, so the emotions are running very, very high.

"But like I say, the club wouldn't condone that sort of action, especially if anyone was touched."