Boring boring Villa? I like to think we entertain the watching fans and we didn’t disappoint this afternoon when we took on Reading in the quarter final of the FA Cup.
An upset looked like it was on the cards when Reading went two-up just before half time.
Reading took the lead on 27 minutes when a corner from Howard was headed on by Mills and Long was free at the back post to head past Friedel.
The home side soon doubled their lead when Sigurdsson found Kebe who outpaced Warnock and he cut the ball back across goal for Long to make it 2-0.
I will admit that I gave up hope of any comeback. We looked down, and out after last week’s defeat at Wembley but how wrong could I have been. Martin O’Neill deserves credit for whatever he said in the dressing room because Villa comes out in the second half on a mission.
In a thrilling first ten minutes in the second half Villa completed turned this tie on its head.
On the 47th minute Downing passed to Carew who was in the box, he then chipped a little ball across goal only for Cuellar to mis-kick the ball. But coming in at the back post was Ashley Young and he fired the ball into the back of the net.
Villa was back to their normal selves. Milner found Downing in aches of space on the wing, who then swung in a beautiful cross to reach John Carews head, and Villa are back on level terms.
And then to complete the turnaround of the tie Warnock over lapped Young on the wing and then cantered the ball for John Carew to make it 3-2.
The days’ scoring was complete when John Carew was brought down in the area in the last minute of the game. The big Norwegian stepped up and booked Villas place in the Semi Final.
I know it seems so far away after last week’s result, but guess what lads.. WE ARE GOING TO WEMBLEY AGAIN!!