ASTON VILLA 1, CARDIFF 0

Agbonlahor hot streak continues as Villa make round four

Agbonlahor: Celebrates winner with Milner

24/09/2009

FOUR goals in four games is proof that Gabriel Agbonlahor is a man on a mission.

The Aston Villa striker has designs on a place in Fabio Capello's World Cup squad and his solitary strike was enough to send Cardiff City tumbling out of the Carling Cup on Wednesday night.

James Milner wasted a glorious chance to ease any nerves by missing a penalty and only a harsh offside decision prevented Jay Bothroyd from taking the tie into extra time.

Only three minutes had elapsed when John Carew fed Agbonlahor and the in-form forward flicked past former Villa keeper Peter Enckelman in the City goal.

Gabor Gyepes's foul on Stiliyan Petrov allowed Milner to step up and take the spot-kick with 58 minutes gone but the winger, another England hopeful, saw his shot bounce back off a post.

Boosted by the reprieve, the Bluebirds were unlucky not to level when Bothroyd's injury-time effort was ruled out by the linesman's flag.

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