Aston Villa produced a extraordinary second-half improvement as John Carew's hat-trick eased the affliction of their Carling Cup loss to Manchester United by sealing a abrupt acknowledgment to Wembley in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
The Royals had already throw out Premier League sides Liverpool and Burnley and a third attic appeared approaching at the Madejski Stadium.
Championship strugglers Reading had looked on advance for addition FA Cup shock as two Shane Long goals carved out a 2-0 half-time advance for the home side, who outplayed their more illustrious competitors in a superb first-half present.
But Villa responded with three goals in 10 minutes soon in the second half, Ashley Young starting the fightback afore Carew took over in stunning appearance.
The victory concluded Martin O'Neill's freakish stats of never accepting won a match in March with Villa back he took over from David O'Leary in 2006.
O'Neill was plainly planning on breaking his mad March avoid as he fielded his powerfully accessible ancillary on the only non-Premier League ancillary still in the contest.
Gabriel Agbonlahor was the only notable absentee as he recovers from a abdomen virus and O'Neill accept to accept started to accept a alike afraid activity in the pit of his abdomen as his ancillary fabricated an ambiguous begin.
Reading boss Brian McDermott:
"If you are traveling to lose a game, that is how you lose it.
"We played absolutely able-bodied in the first part and knew if we could accumulate it bound for 15 minutes in the second part we'd accept a adventitious but that didn't appear.
"But I am appreciative of every individual one of our players and it is only a abashment we couldn't get through for our supporters."
Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill:
"It was a abundant spell by us only afterwards half-time. The team showed such abundant appearance.
"We bare to do something because we had played so meekly in the first part.
"I didn't require to say much at half-time because we accept some accomplished players and they knew how second best we were in the first part."
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