Guzan the Hero As Black Cats Pay Penalty ; N Keeper Puts Villa Into Next Round On a Night to Remember: Carling Cup

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Big Brad Guzan proved Aston Villa's penalty king when he single- handedly ensured the club are in the hat for the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup with an incredible hat-trick of penalty saves . And as if his shot-stopping heroics after extra-time were not enough to deny Sunderland, he also denied Kenwyne Jones from the spot in normal time as well as a death-deying save from Kieran Richardson.

Guzan has had to bide his time this season behind Brad Friedel but proved every inch worthy of starting Barclays Premier League games ahead of his fellow American citizen with an immense display over 120 minutes of football.

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Guzan the Hero As Black Cats Pay Penalty ; N Keeper Puts Villa Into Next Round On a Night to Remember: Carling Cup

The keeper and his teflon-coated gloves were in the end the difference between Martin O'Neill's side and his old adversary Steve Bruce's Sudnerland with the two sides deadlocked after ...

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