O'Leary eyes Arsenal final

Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea

Aston Villa boss David O'Leary is looking past Bolton to a possible Carling Cup final against Arsenal.

Villa beat Chelsea 2-1 to secure a semi-final with Bolton, but O'Leary is already thinking about his old club.

"Bolton will be tough but it would be brilliant for me if we could get through to the Millennium Stadium and play the club who did so much for me.

"I've never been to that stadium and it would be fantastic if it was Arsenal we were playing."

He added: "First of all we know that Bolton will give us a heck of a battle and we will take nothing for granted."

It is important we stick together and have a good reaction to overcome this little spell Claudio Ranieri, Chelsea manager

Gavin McCann scored Villa's winner against Chelsea after Joe Cole had earlier canceled out Juan Pablo Angel's superb opener.

"I was delighted for Juan but the biggest success for me on the night was our work-rate and belief," said O'Leary.

"Everybody played their part - including the people who came on as subs."

Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri made no excuses as his side slipped to a second successive defeat.

"I think the first half was not good for us," said the Italian.

"We did better in the second period but Aston Villa played better than us overall and deserved to win.

"All teams have bad periods and for Chelsea there is one now.

"But it is important we stick together and have a good reaction and continue to work hard to overcome this little spell."