Aston Villa manager Martin ONeill demands no distraction for Crystal Palace FA Cup clash

Bystaff and agencies Published: 7:00AM GMT twenty-four February 2010

Keeping focus: Aston Villa physical education instructor Martin O"Neill has called on his players not to be dreaming by Sunday"s Carling Cup last opposite Manchester United Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Villa will take on Manchester United in the Carling Cup last on Sunday, but for right away the courtesy is on overcoming Neil Warnock"s daring Palace team.

O"Neill has demanded his players give all at Villa Park with a quarter-final place on the line. The winners will face West Bromwich Albion or Reading.

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He said: "I don"t think the actuality we are personification the Carling Cup last will affect the players. They will be really most focused on the replay. We provide each diversion on the consequence and work accordingly."

Villa have a disbelief over captain Stiliyan Petrov. The Bulgaria international, whose late idea at Selhurst Park warranted Villa a replay, has picked up a pathogen and had to be sent home from training.

This could be one of Neil Warnock"s last games in assign of Palace. With the bar in administration department department and his on all sides at Selhurst Park uncertain, the 61 year-old is at large sloping to take over at Queens Park Rangers in the nearby future.

Warnock refuses to plead the conjecture but suggested he still expects to take Palace to Doncaster for their joining strife at the week end carrying already requisitioned his road house room in the city.

However, the incident at Palace is obviously vitriolic him. "It"s unsatisfactory and frustrating but it"s left now," he said. "We are in administration department department and we are in a mess, and right away I can"t move any players in. But we have got to get sufficient points to stay up."

Warnock suggested director Brendan Guilfoyle is in talks with 3 "serious" intensity buyers.

Midfielder Neil Danns faces a fitness exam on a behind damage and winger Sean Scannell is struggling with a groin problem.