21 January,2010 07:24 AM IST | | Agencies
Aston Villa finally ended an agonising 10-year wait to appear in a showpiece final following an astonishing 6-4 win in their last-four Carling Cup showdown with Blackburn.
A brace from Niko Kalinic inside 26 minutes rocked Martin O'Neill's side, only for former Rovers defender Stephen Warnock to haul Villa level on aggregate before Chris Samba's dismissal turned the tie on its head. After James Milner converted the penalty for Samba's challenge on Gabriel Agbonlahor, Villa swept into the final with three goals in nine second-half minutes.
