Martin O'Neill demands more of the same from John Carew

Feb 9 2008

ASTON Villa boss Martin O'Neill was delighted with John Carew's performance against Newcastle United but challenged him to produce it on a more consistent basis.

"He is absolutely fantastic," O'Neill said. "What we want to do is put the averages up.

"That type of performance every single time would be great."

O'Neill believes his side's first-half display was a hangover from last weekend's collapse at Fulham.

"We were very tense. There was probably the feeling of last week when we hadn't got any momentum going," he said. "I thought Newcastle played very well.

"By half-time they definitely deserved to be in front. We had to try and do something about it. The players' response was just fantastic and the fans' response.

"Once we got the equaliser early on, we got all the momentum going then and it was a brilliant second half by us," O'Neill added