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15th Feb 2015

Vine: Shay Given pulls off world-class save as Aston Villa outfox Foxes

Rolling back the years

Patrick McCarry

Still got it

Shay Given pulled off a stunning finger-tip save to deny Leicester City a first-half goal and help his Aston Villa team into the FA Cup quarter-finals.

The Irish goalkeeper’s man-of-the-match performance will have impressed the new Villa boss, Tim Sherwood, who watched the action unfold from the stands.

The tie was settled by great, curling strike by midfielder Leandro Bacuna and a late Scott Sinclair goal. Jack Grealish came off the bench for Villa in the closing stages of a morale-boosting win.

Andrej Kramaric sullied Given’s clean sheet hopes with a late, headed goal but Villa held on for a 2-1 finish.

That Sherwood lad is a genius.

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