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Everton vanquish Villa
Everton overcame Aston Villa 3-1 in an enthralling FA Cup tie at Goodison Park to book their place in the quarter-finals.[LNB] Jack Rodwell opened the scoring after just four minutes, firing home from close range after Stiliyan Petrov had used his arm to clear Tim Cahill's header off the line.[LNB]Villa equalised four minutes later as Gabriel Agbonlahor was brought down in the box by Tony Hibbert and James Milner converted the penalty.[LNB]Everton were awarded a spot-kick of their own following a foul by Steve Sidwell on Victor Anichebe in the 24th minute and Mikel Arteta stepped up to send Brad Friedel the wrong way. [LNB]Tim Cahill's volley 14 minutes from time then secured Everton's progression to the last eight and ended Villa's FA Cup hopes for another season. [LNB]DramaIt was a dramatic start to the tie with two goals in the first eight minutes.[LNB]Stand-in Villa captain Petrov looked to have used his hand to block Cahill's first effort on the line, but Yorkshire referee Martin Atkinson took no action against the Bulgarian.[LNB]Villa were soon level when Hibbert brought down Agbonlahor in the box to concede a penalty. Hibbert was booked and Milner drove in the spot-kick, although it was almost stopped by Tim Howard.[LNB]Cahill was then booked after 16 minutes for trying to punch a cross into the net, and that means he will be suspended next weekend for the league game at Newcastle.[LNB]The drama continued when Everton gained a penalty of their own to reclaim the lead.[LNB]Anichebe took a pass from Hibbert and set off on a surging run through the middle, only to brought down by Sidwell, who was booked. This time it was the turn of Arteta to fire in the spot-kick.[LNB]Two minutes later Petrov was booked for a foul on Rodwell, before Dan Gosling saw a low drive crash into the side netting.[LNB]Agbonlahor should have equalised when he missed with a header six yards out, from Ashley Young's cross.[LNB]Milner was booked for a lunge at Leighton Baines, who probably saved the winger a harsher penalty by being quickly back on his feet.[LNB]Mounting pressureBut Villa's pressure was mounting and they would have been level after 61 minutes had it not been for an outstanding save from Howard to his left.[LNB]John Carew met a Milner cross and connected well with a neat flick before the USA international finger-tipped the ball away at full stretch.[LNB]Brad Friedel saved well from a Cahill header following a Baines cross, the game heating up with several debatable challenges flying in.[LNB]Martin O'Neill was upset with two tackles on Young, while after the second one Everton captain Phil Neville made it very clear he felt the Villa man had dived.[LNB]Everton were being forced to defend, and Sidwell should have done better with a header from Milner's cross which sailed wide.[LNB]But when Everton broke quickly from defence they grabbed a third after 76 minutes. Anichebe's ball into the box from the left was missed by Curtis Davies, allowing an unmarked Cahill a 10-yard finish.[LNB]Considering Villa's defensive reputation, it was a sloppy goal to concede, full of basic errors.[LNB]Villa sent on Nathan Delfouneso for Sidwell with six minutes left, before Rodwell was booked for a trip, ahead of Joseph Yobo and Segundo Castillo replacing Anichebe and Arteta in the final minutes.[LNB][LNB][LNB]Everton[LNB]Team Statistics[LNB]Aston Villa[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]3[LNB]Goals[LNB]1[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]2[LNB]1st Half Goals[LNB]1[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]5[LNB]Shots on Target[LNB]3[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]8[LNB]Shots off Target[LNB]5[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]0[LNB]Blocked Shots[LNB]3[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]6[LNB]Corners[LNB]8[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]11[LNB]Fouls[LNB]18[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]1[LNB]Offsides[LNB]2[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]3[LNB]Yellow Cards[LNB]3[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]0[LNB]Red Cards[LNB]0[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]71.1[LNB]Passing Success[LNB]63.3[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]25[LNB]Tackles[LNB]24[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]76[LNB]Tackles Success[LNB]83.3[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]54.3[LNB]Possession[LNB]45.7[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB]54.8[LNB]Territorial Advantage[LNB]45.2[LNB] [LNB][LNB][LNB][LNB][LNB][LNB]
