Source: PA
Mills boon for Reading
Matt Mills struck the only goal as Championship side Reading claimed another notable scalp to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for a second successive year at Everton`s expense.
Mills fired home from a corner after 26 minutes of the fifth-round tie at Goodison Park to put the Royals, who knocked out Liverpool en route to the last eight in 2010, within a game of Wembley.
Jimmy Kebe should have made victory more comfortable after being allowed a clear run at goal from 40 yards but goalkeeper Alex McCarthy also proved a hero with a stunning late save from Leon Osman.
Osman looked certain to score as he met a Jermaine Beckford nod-down with a sweet volley but McCarthy somehow palmed the ball over from point-blank range.
Everton supporters booed at the final whistle and left Goodison Park frustrated as the inconsistency which has dogged their campaign returned to haunt them.
Their memorable fourth-round success at Chelsea, it appeared, had proved another false dawn.
