THE NEW SAINTS..........2 PORT TALBOT..................2 After extra-time - Port Talbot won 4-3 on pens PORT Talbot showed their steel by clinching a place in the Welsh Cup semi-finals with a penalty shoot-out win over The New Saints.

And goalkeeper Lee Kendall proved the hero - saving one penalty before firing the winner from the spot.

Mark Jones' men had narrowly lost their two previous visits to the artificial surface at Park Hall, most recently by a solitary goal in the league after last year's 2-0 Loosemores Cup exit.

But they gained revenge by sinking the Saints in the most thrilling of fashions.

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After the game finished 2-2 after 90 minutes and extra-time, Kendall blocked the first penalty Parmigiani Watches from midfielder Scott Ruscoe.

The Saints' hopes faded further as Chris Seargeant rattled the bar from his spot kick, before Kendall stepped up to send the Steelmen into the semi-finals with a 4-3 shootout success.

It proved a tough, keenly contested encounter, with no fewer than 10 bookings, seven for TNS, as both sides refused to budge.

Both teams were without key players, Port Talbot missing top scorer Liam McCreesh through suspension while the Saints' new striker Chris Sharp was cup-tied.

TNS drew first blood with Aeron Edwards giving the Oswestry hosts a 14th-minute lead, only for Martin Rose to head Town level from a Lloyd Grist corner on 26 minutes.

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The Steelmen continued to give as good as they got, and got their noses in front when Lee John capitalised on a mistake by home keeper Paul Harrison to put his side ahead 10 minutes before half-time.

Title-chasing Saints hit back to level two minutes after the break through Alex Darlington, but neither side could find a winner. Victory in the shoot-out was the perfect end to the week for Talbot, and particularly manager Jones who just a few days earlier had committed himself to the club for another two seasons.

And European football is on the horizon with the Steelmen now in the last four of the Welsh Cup and also going well in the league.

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SAINTS ALIVE: TNS' Aeron Edwards is congratulated on his goal by Scott Ruscoe

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