Thursday, 21st January 2010

Leading 1-0 from the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final against Blackburn, Aston Villa had their game plan to protect their one-goal advantage thrown out of the window as Allardyce’s side found the back of the net twice, early in the first-half. Villa managed five goals in a row after that, eventually winning 6-4 in a ridiculously entertaining match.

“I think they grew up tonight. We made a lot of mistakes, even at 5-2, but I think it was the euphoria of the position,” O’Neill said to British press. “But this will give the players an enormous boost – we have some very good players, but very few have actually been in this position.”

Now waiting for the winner of the all-Manchester Carling Cup semi-final next week, Aston Villa are in a position to get hold of silverware for the first time in more than a decade, after they won the same competition in 1996.

 

 

 

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