Villa rally to rout Rovers in 10-goal thriller

ASTON VILLA are through to their first major final for 10 years after recovering from an opening half hour horror show to overcome 10-man Blackburn in last night’s dramatic Carling Cup semi-final, second leg clash.

Villa looked shambolic and jittery as Rovers over-turned their first leg deficit with a double strike from Nikola Kalinic, after which, according to defender Richard Dunne, Villa’s gameplan went out of the window.

Dunne said: “It was a good game to watch, I suppose, but we came into it trying to keep it tight and make sure they didn’t score.