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. 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.Villa equalised four minutes later as Gabriel Agbonlahor was brought down in the box by Tony Hibbert and James Milner converted the penalty.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. 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.

Source: SKY_Sports