Aston Villa beat Leicester, after half time pep talk from new manager Tim Sherwood

FA Cup Fifth Round: Aston Villa 2 Leicester City 1: Scott Marshall revealed Tim Sherwood’s half-time pep talk inspired Aston Villa to the FA Cup quarter finals.

Aston Villa beat Leicester, after half time pep talk from new manager Tim Sherwood

New manager Sherwood made an impromptu appearance during Villa’s 2-1 win over Leicester with the score locked at 0-0. Leandro Bacuna and Scott Sinclair then netted in the second half to send Villa into the last eight for the first time in five years.

Marshall, Villa’s first-team coach, was in charge after Wednesday’s sacking of Paul Lambert but admitted Sherwood made his presence felt yesterday. “He came in and made a couple of points to the lads, a couple of bits and pieces for everyone. I thought the boys delivered in the second-half and were very good,” he said.

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