00:00absence jumps to the Leicester frontline despite the fact Brendan Rodgers side won all of the games
00:05he missed they are without Wilfred and Didi who'll need surgery after an injury picked up in training
00:11yesterday so Dennis Pratt keeps up his record of playing in every round of the competition
00:15both Christian Fuchs and Ben Chilwell who started the win at Newcastle are in from the start again
00:21Chilwell is the only one who started that and the weekend's FA Cup win over Wigan
00:29Aston Villa start without a recognized striker Wesley and Keenan Davis were already injured
00:35Jonathan Codger is also ruled out by illness so Anwar El Ghazi returns from the team that got the
00:41crucial win at Burnley to join what Dean Smith calls a loose front line with Jack Grealish and
00:47Trezeguet elsewhere Tyrone Mings injured in the league defeat by Leicester is part of the back three
00:5318 year old Indiana Vasilev who made his senior debut at Fulham on Saturday is the reserve striking option
01:01226 Dennis Pratt
01:05holding him up but still he keeps going
01:11So Anwar El Ghazi wins it back for Leicester lovely touch into the path of Perez who strikes it wide
01:17lovely cushion touch to him by Dennis Pratt and he's won the corner from it
01:21Yeah there was a touch off a Villa defender really poor from Douglas Luiz giving the ball away far too
01:27cheap on the edge of his own box can't afford to do that
01:30I'm sure the touch on the shot is what actually takes it away from that right hand post
01:35Chilwell and Maddison over the kick Maddison who delivers
01:42The next header from Jonny Evans who scored with a header in the league game at Villa Park
01:45The marking is slightly different from corners it's pretty much three man for man and three spare to attack the
01:51ball but on that occasion from wide free kick they're all spare they're all there to attack the ball they're
01:54not really picking anybody at all
01:58There's a bit of a tug on his arm there but it's good to see him not complaining it's
02:04This is Perez
02:08And he has managed to feed it through to Vardy from the angle again is denied
02:14And I see a skip pass one man Evans and he's got two men over here
02:18Chester Gay really so moved up on the outside of him
02:22This is it across
02:27What he can't afford to do when you play against Jamie Vardy is ball watch and that's exactly what Esri
02:31Konza does here
02:32So he's square on he's watching the ball he's no idea where Vardy is and his game is playing on
02:37the shoulder keeping himself on side which he does
02:42This is Maddison
02:46Perez using Chilwell
02:49He's in the end does just enough to deal with but Gilbert not staying with Chilwell Taylor stays with Ricardo
02:55down and then Hawes just tidies up
02:58Just sliding through to El Ghazi
03:00Tresigou who collects
03:05Tresigou who collects
03:07El Ghazi clips on in
03:08And it's in
03:12Gilbert Iwaz who closed in at the far post to give Villa the first strike in this semi-final
03:25For most of the opening what 27 minutes or so
03:28El Ghazi has played through the middle but this is why he's much happier in a wide position
03:32You get him on the ball
03:34You can get at a defender and you can get a brilliant crossing this is a fabulous ball in just
03:39really passes that ball to the far post
03:41It's always going to be difficult for Chilwell if Gilbert gets a run on him again wing back against wing
03:45back
03:46Gilbert reacts the quicker that's why he gets the all-important first touch and
03:50It was really against the run of play Villa take the lead
03:58The most unlikely of scorers only a second goal for Aston Villa Frederick
04:03Gilbert scored on his only previous appearance in this
04:06Competition cause for celebration for a goalkeeper who's two key saves
04:18Yeah
04:18Jack Grealish sizing it up drifting it in! Oh they've hit the bar!
04:27Konza it was who came in and crashed his header against the Leicester bar
04:31Well it should be scoring it's a brilliant ball in from Jack Grealish it's into an area for a teammate
04:37to attack
04:37Konza's there first well ahead of Schmeichel
04:41That could be a costly miss come the end of this tie
04:48I'm not sure why Konza's hit
04:56Tielemann's lining one up
04:57Not one that troubles Neyland
05:04Long towards Ayosi Perez
05:06He rescues it for Chowdhury to try his luck stopped by Mings
05:09Chilwell wins the header
05:14Back to James Madison
05:17Neyland denies him
05:21Madison has suddenly found some space
05:26No more joy from the Aston Villa has been going on here and just having the wiser that shows a
05:31yellow car to Konza
05:34Douglas Lewis has it nicked away from him by Chowdhury
05:36Vardy tries to set up Iheanacho
05:38And how's that for an intact substitution
05:44Quick fire Leicester catch Villa cold and draw the tie level
05:51I did feel the big problem for Aston Villa was whether they tire mentally and physically
05:56And they make mistakes and that will always encourage Leicester on Leicester
05:59Are a team that are relentless they're going to keep going they're going to try and capitalize on mistakes and
06:04from a Villa free kick
06:05Why are you playing this for sure?
06:07Luis is caught on his heels gives the ball away too cheaply
06:10And it's those first couple of touches from Iheanacho just open up the angle for him
06:14He's able to get away from his man and drill it home, but it it all starts really tall from
06:19Villa
06:19You shouldn't be conceding from a free kick that you have halfway inside your own half
06:24But one laps defensively and Iheanacho pounces
06:35Mark Albright because Ricardo dropped deep so he then had the space run into out wide
06:39That's exactly where he wants to be we know how dangerous he can be crossing the ball
06:44And Ricardo set on his way by Madison only Vardy ahead of him though
06:49Chilwell has got there too now, but it is Vardy who takes it early
06:52And rattled the side netting
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