Source: Daily_Mail
Hat-trick hero Carew bids to avenge Villa's Carling Cup Wembley heartache
John Carew is relishing the chance to make amends for Aston Villa's Wembley disappointment.[LNB]Carew was a late substitute in the Carling Cup final just over a week ago as Villa lost 2-1 to Manchester United.[LNB]Martin O'Neill's side return to the national stadium next month for the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea after big striker Carew demolished Reading with a hat-trick in the last eight.[LNB] Threesy does it: Carew celebrates his goals at the Madejski Stadium[LNB]Speaking after the 4-2 win, Norwegian Carew said: 'I think we can turn last week into a positive and I think we have done. [LNB]'This is an even bigger cup and even more important so it will be even greater to go all the way here.[LNB]'We are just doing everything we can for the fans, for the club, for ourselves to have that beautiful experience again.[LNB]'The players will have learnt a lot from last weekend. It was a great experience, the big scene of Wembley and everything. Everyone dreams of getting to the final again.'[LNB]Reading were 2-0 up at half-time against their Premier League opponents before Carew set up a goal for Ashley Young and then bagged his treble.[LNB]He added: 'It was great in the end. We had a very hard and difficult first half. But we managed to come out after the break and lift our game. We managed to change a very difficult game. It was a great performance.[LNB] Enlarge Spot on: Carew completed his hat-trick with a late penalty[LNB]'We had to look each other in the eyes at half-time and just go out in the second half and do better than we did in the first.[LNB]'We just seemed a bit surprised by everything - the conditions were a bit difficult and the ball was in the air a lot.[LNB]'We just didn't seem to be up for the fight. In the second half we went out there with more desire and really showed that we do want to go further in this competition.[LNB]'The way we came back to score four goals was one of the performances of the season. We showed we have our head in the right place again.'[LNB] Reading 2 Aston Villa 4: Carew fires hat-trick to deny Royals a giant-killingFA Cup semi-final draw: Aston Villa to face Chelsea, while Pompey await duoTHE MIDLANDER: 'Giants' Villa never won titles - so give O'Neill some credit!Chelsea 2 Stoke 0: John Terry makes a point as shamed skipper fires FA Cup holders to WembleyASTON VILLA FC
