Delph and Delfouneso Shine in Aston Villa's FA Cup Win Over Brighton

Saturday, January 23 2010

Aston Villa continued their week of superb cup action with a 3-2 win over League One club Brighton and Hove Albion in the FA Cup fourth round match at Villa Park on Saturday.

The result comes after Villa dispatched Premier League rivals Blackburn Rovers 7-4 on aggregate to book a date with Wembley and a place in the 2010 Carling Cup Final.

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Martin O'Neill's Villans were quick out of the blocks, and scored within just five minutes, as England U-19 starlet Nathan Delfouneso was the first to react when turning home Marc Albrighton's cross from the right.

His near post flick showed great anticipation, as well as decent finishing, and became a sign of things to come as the young talent impressed throughout the match, despite not scoring another.

Villa failed to build on their early advantage, however, and Brighton hit back before the break with Tommy Elphick making the most of poor...
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