Aston Villa beat West Brom on penalties to reach Championship play-off final

Aston Villa have a shot at redemption. Twelve months on from their play-off final defeat against Fulham, Villa are back at Wembley and 90 minutes from a return to the Premier League after a long, fraught and draining contest against their West Midlands rivals ended with Dean Smith’s side triumphing on penalties. Tammy Abraham converted the winning kick, after Jed Steer had saved two penalties at the start of the shootout, to spark wild celebrations among the Villa supporters.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/30hYfTc