Aston Villa booked their place in the Carling Cup final after rallying from 2-0 down to beat Blackburn Rovers 6-4 at Villa Park.
Nikola Kalinić bagged a first-half brace to put Blackburn two up in 25 minutes but Villa were soon back in the game.
On the half hour, Villa pullled one back, leveling the tie on aggregate when Stephen Warnock smashed home from six-yards.
The hosts found an equaliser just before the break as Gabriel Agbonlahor was brought down by Chris Samba, who saw red, and James Milner stepped up to convert the spot-kick.
Just after the interval Villa's comeback was complete as they went ahead as Steven Nzonzi deflected home from inside the six-yard box after Richard Dunne poked the ball towards goal.
Milner then put the home team 4-2 up with a superb left footer from 25 yards, and Emile Heskey tapped home a fifth five minutes later to virtually secure Villa's passage to Wembley.
But Blackburn refused to give-up and Martin Olsson scored a sensational scissor-kicked to give his side a little hope.
Brett Emerton made things uncomfortable for the home side with Blackburn's fourth six minutes from time, but Ashley Young scored Villa's sixth deep into stoppage time, sparking party scenes across the ground.
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Nikola Kalinić bagged a first-half brace to put Blackburn two up in 25 minutes but Villa were soon back in the game.
On the half hour, Villa pullled one back, leveling the tie on aggregate when Stephen Warnock smashed home from six-yards.
The hosts found an equaliser just before the break as Gabriel Agbonlahor was brought down by Chris Samba, who saw red, and James Milner stepped up to convert the spot-kick.
Just after the interval Villa's comeback was complete as they went ahead as Steven Nzonzi deflected home from inside the six-yard box after Richard Dunne poked the ball towards goal.
Milner then put the home team 4-2 up with a superb left footer from 25 yards, and Emile Heskey tapped home a fifth five minutes later to virtually secure Villa's passage to Wembley.
But Blackburn refused to give-up and Martin Olsson scored a sensational scissor-kicked to give his side a little hope.
Brett Emerton made things uncomfortable for the home side with Blackburn's fourth six minutes from time, but Ashley Young scored Villa's sixth deep into stoppage time, sparking party scenes across the ground.
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