Hat-trick hero John Carew has revealed the determination among the Aston Villa players to make amends for their Carling Cup final heartbreak by achieving FA Cup glory.
Villa looked like they were suffering a hangover from their Wembley defeat against Manchester United a week ago when they trailed 2-0 at half-time in their FA Cup quarter-final at Reading.
But Carew led a dramatic turnaround with a splendid treble, after Ashley Young had pulled a goal back within 60 seconds of the restart, as Villa recovered to win 4-2.
Now they face a semi-final meeting with Chelsea, who they have already beaten at Villa Park in the Barclays Premier League this season.
Carew said: "We had a very hard and difficult first half but we managed to come out after the break and lift our game.
"We had to look at each other in the eyes at half-time and knew we just had to go out in the second half and do better than we did in the first.
"We just seemed a bit surprised by everything. The conditions were a bit difficult and the ball was in the air a lot. We didn't seem to be up for the fight.
"But, in the second half we went out there with more desire, and showed that we really do want to go further in this competition.
"We're really pleased to have a chance to get to another final. We managed to do it in the Carling Cup and now we've got a chance to do the same in another cup.
"We will do everything we can to get there."
