Published: 8:52AM GMT twenty-five February 2010
Penalty: John Carew is brought down by Matthew Lawrence Photo: ACTION IMAGES Aston Villa will be behest to win their initial prize for fourteen years when they do conflict with Manchester United at Wembley on Sunday.
But there was no holding behind by the players on avocation opposite Neil Warnock"s Crystal Palace as dual late John Carew penalties cumulative a 3-1 success in the fifth-round replay - and an afar strife with Reading.
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"All the players were rebuilt to go for it and I didn"t see one shirking anything at all in credentials for Sunday. That speaks volumes for the team.
"I am unequivocally gratified with the team. It is display a small illusory capability and they are mending that is great. They have good commitment.
"We have lots of things to urge on - but the joining is there in abundance.
"We went really strongly, usually done a integrate of changes and, I think the approach Palace played in the second half, showed we had to do that.
"But we deserved to win the diversion nonetheless we left it really late.
"We spurned a lot of chances and it was one of those occasions where you really indispensable the second goal.
"I thought it competence be one of those evenings when Palace equalised but we incited it around and deservedly went through."
O"Neill has copiousness of apply oneself for Reading, who won 3-2 at West Brom, but will right afar spin his thoughts to the assembly with Sir Alex Ferguson"s side.
He said: "Reading have had a smashing FA Cup. It doesn"t appear to make a difference to them where they go. They appear to be means to win afar from home.
"But, for the initial time, I will be means to combine right afar on the Carling Cup final."
O"Neill will check on the fitness of a integrate of his players currently after they picked up knocks opposite Palace.
He said: "There were one or dual in the sauce room and I only stayed in there a small bit longer to see how they were. We will have a improved thought of them in the morning."
Warnock will still be in assign of Palace for Saturday"s Championship strife at Doncaster but refused to repudiate conjecture that a move to QPR might occur in the nearby future.
He said: "Doncaster kick us 3-0 at the place so I"ve pronounced to the lads we need to rest now, have got a prolonged tour again on Friday, have got to do things right.
"It is a vital diversion for us. I don"t similar to being in the on all sides we are in (the bottom three) and we shouldn"t be in the on all sides we are in but football is difficult at times.
"Avoiding relegation is right afar the priority. There is zero else left in the season.
"Can I repudiate the conjecture that I are relocating to QPR - No. Could this have been my last game? It could have been my last diversion - but it won"t be."
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