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Watch Notts County vs Chesterfield Live StreamingThe Villa manager was critical of the state of the playing surface at the national stadium during the 2-1 defeat to Manchester United in the Carling Cup final, claiming there "was no excuse" for the poor conditions.
But after booking a return trip after a fabulous second-half showing against their Coca-Cola Championship hosts O'Neill admitted his side were ready for another bite.
The pitch may have been relaid before the semi-finals following the concerns raised about it.
O'Neill said: "It's great to be back at Wembley again - even on that pitch.
"I didn't enjoy the occasion at all last week so there is a chance to put that right now.
"It took us time today before we treated it like a quarter-final in the FA Cup.
"You need character and determination to fight and we didn't have that in the first half.
"But it came back in great abundance.