SARR THE STAR AS EAGLES FLY!

Oliver's Army are Glas acts as they book final No 3 and give Villa a fading feeling

- By Simon Mullock

THE Eagles have landed once again in the FA Cup Final - and this time they will be hoping it's third time lucky.

Wing wizards Eberechi Eze and Ismaila Sarr conjured up three sensational goals to send Aston Villa into a tailspin and put South London on another high alert for Wembley tickets.

Sarr, who set up the first-half opener for Eze, struck twice after Jean-Philippe Mateta had missed a penalty to prompt Palace boss Oliver Glasner into dancing down the touchline in delight.

Twice before Palace have battled through to take a place in English football's showpiece occasion and both times they were beaten to the prize by Manchester United.

Glasner will now be looking to go one better than Steve Coppell and Alan Pardew by taking the oldest trophy in the game back to Selhurst Park for the first time.

For Villa, the challenge is to prevent a season that promised so much descending into despair.

The east end of the stadium housing their 36,000 fans was deserted by the final whistle.

It was a slow-burner of a semi - but Palace's greater firepower proved the difference.