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Heaton adored Crystal Palace's aboriginal two penalties from Jermaine Easter and Sean Scannell to book the home team's fourth cruise to Wembley in as abounding years.
Cardiff trailed 1-0 from the aboriginal leg but Palace's Anthony Gardner headed into his own net to akin the tie.
The home aggregation afresh bedeviled but bootless to about-face it into goals, alike aback Eagles captain Patrick McCarthy was beatific off.
Palace dedicated bravely afterwards McCarthy's adjournment for a additional chicken agenda on 78 minutes, captivation close during added time.
But, accepting been denied by the woodwork three times, Cardiff captivated their assumption in the amends action to ability their aboriginal League Cup final and book a Wembley affair with either Liverpool or Manchester City on 26 February.
They got off to a bad alpha in the action aback Cardiff top scorer Kenny Miller blazed his side's aboriginal bang over.
But Heaton, Cardiff's second-choice babysitter who has been adopted to David Marshall throughout their Carling Cup run, angry the course aback in the home side's favour.
Palace dedicated bravely afterwards McCarthy's adjournment for a additional chicken agenda on 78 minutes, captivation close during added time.
But, accepting been denied by the woodwork three times, Cardiff captivated their assumption in the amends action to ability their aboriginal League Cup final and book a Wembley affair with either Liverpool or Manchester City on 26 February.
They got off to a bad alpha in the action aback Cardiff top scorer Kenny Miller blazed his side's aboriginal bang over.
But Heaton, Cardiff's second-choice babysitter who has been adopted to David Marshall throughout their Carling Cup run, angry the course aback in the home side's favour.
He blithely adored from Easter and afresh apprehend Scannell's accomplishment too, afterwards Craig Conway had slotted Cardiff's additional spot-kick.
Rudy Gestede and Peter Whittingham put Cardiff 3-1 ahead, either ancillary of Mile Jedinak battlefront into Heaton's basal appropriate bend to get Palace going.
But Jonathan Parr's assumption bootless him, as he too absent the ambition to ensure that a close all-Championship semi-final amid Malky Mackay's third-placed Cardiff and Dougie Freedman's 14th-placed Palace went to form.
Having started with advancing intent, Cardiff levelled the tie afterwards aloof seven minutes.
Darcy Blake played the brawl into the appropriate approach for the advancing Don Cowie, the Scottish midfielder captivated his bottom about the brawl to accelerate in a alarming cantankerous and Gardner, Palace's ambition hero from the aboriginal leg, aimlessly lunged at the brawl but headed into his own net.
Palace babysitter Julian Speroni afresh exhausted abroad a angry attempt from Whittingham, afore Aron Gunnarsson ballooned a attack over and Miller slid aloof advanced afore activity alike afterpiece in time added on at the end of the aboriginal half, authoritative with his aback to ambition at the bend of the breadth afore spinning in one aqueous movement to blast a left-foot attempt adjoin the post.
Palace came out adamantine afterwards the breach but it was the aforementioned story, Whittingham afresh battlefront advanced afore bringing the best out of Speroni, who angled over his free-kick.
McCarthy afresh came to the Eagles' accomplishment moments later, allowance off the band aback Anthony Gerrard bald abroad to arch a free-kick accomplished Speroni.
But the Palace skipper was to get his boot orders 12 account from the end of accustomed time aback he scythed through the aback of Miller, his additional chicken card, accepting already been appointed for an beforehand abhorrent on the aforementioned player.
Cowie had a backward adventitious to win it in accustomed time afore actuality sacrificed aback Mackay autonomous to booty advantage of the added man.
He brought on addition antagonist in Gestede, who laid the brawl off altogether in the additional aeon of added time for Filip Kiss, alone for the Slovakian midfielder to blow the top of the bar with his ascent shot.
Then came the best adventitious to abstain activity to penalties aback Gunnarsson absent his brand but, from four yards out, he somehow apish to arch adjoin the bar with the net gaping.
Heaton had the final word, however, to ensure that Cardiff would not affliction all their absent chances, acceptance the Welsh ancillary to go through to challenge their third above Wembley final in bristles years.
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