Source: Eurosport
O'Neill targets a tidy Carew
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill is demanding a greater level of consistency from striker John Carew after he tormented Bolton in his side's 5-1 win at Villa Park. [LNB] The Norwegian international set up three goals and scored one himself and was too much of a handful for Bolton's former Villa pair of Zat Knight and Garry Cahill. [LNB] O'Neill said: "John played very well. You do get performances like that from him when he is absolutely brilliant."[LNB] He added: "But then in other matches he is not as strong. We are looking for that consistency from him. Maybe not topping that performance but maybe getting close to it. [LNB] "John accepts that himself but he was a real handful and Bolton found it hard to contain him." [LNB] O'Neill admitted he had been concerned about his side's recent heavy schedule ahead of the game, particularly after losing in the dying seconds to West Ham in midweek. [LNB] But Villa never looked back once Ashley Young had given them an early lead and Gabriel Agbonlahor, James Milner and Carlos Cuellar were also on target in addition to Carew. [LNB] O'Neill said: "I was concerned beforehand because we were really down after the West Ham match on Wednesday. [LNB] "We had played four away games in quick succession and I was worried about the energy levels, particularly for the second half. [LNB] "But the players started brightly, maintained that, the crowd were enthused by the performance and stayed with us throughout. To be fair we have been threatening a goal performance like that for some time."
