Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill was ruing the fact that his side did not take advantage of a ten-man Manchester United side on Wednesday night.

Scores were 1-1 when Nani was sent from the pitch in the 29th minute but Villa could not make the most of having an extra man and the match finished with that scoreline, disappointing O'Neill.

"When United had a man sent off, I was hoping we could take the initiative, but in the second half we didn't create enough or take advantage of the extra man," he said.

"But then we were up against a quality side who have been in situations like that before, so, from that viewpoint, we could learn a bit.

"But, if you had said at the start of the season that we would take four points off United, then I would have been happy. And, when Wembley comes around, we should still go into the game full of confidence.

"There were more than glimpses out there of why Manchester United are such a fine side and have been the champions three times running."