DIDIER DROGBA sparked a late rout to put Chelsea in the FA Cup final and leave Villa seething.

Top scorer Drogba, Florent Malouda and Frank Lampard slotted home in the last 22 minutes for a flattering victory.

Now the 32-goal Ivory Coast ace is targeting six wins from six the Blues' last games to clinch a domestic double in boss Carlo Ancelotti's first season.

But Villa were furious after Gabriel Agbonlahor was denied a penalty early on when John Obi Mikel clearly tripped him.

Martin O'Neill's men, busy and impressive before the break, slowly faded after that.

And a semi-final dogged by a poor Wembley surface was effectively over once Drogba kept up his incredible Wembley goal record.

The striker reacted sharply to sidefoot into the far corner when John Terry lashed a 20-yard shot that was probably going wide.

Malouda then swept home Michael Ballack's deep cross in the 86th minute.

And Lampard turned sweetly deep in stoppage time to tuck home Chelsea's highly flattering third goal.

Blues skipper John Terry had reacted to the Blues' 7-1 defeat of Villa two weeks ago by saying he had been told Martin O'Neill's side would tire towards the end.

O'Neill scoffed at Terry's claim then but he might want a re-think after Chelsea once again took over in the final quarter of a previously-tight contest.

The contrast with the start could hardly have been starker as Villa settled much the quicker.

But even then the Blues had their isolated moments.

Joe Cole attempting to persuade watching England boss Fabio Capello he is worth a place in his World Cup finals squad sent an angled drive just wide.

But Villa had more intensity about their game and, although the players continued to be hampered by the greasy surface, they also had more menace.

James Milner almost put them in front in the 14th minute when his 25-yard drive flashed inches wide of Petr Cech's right-hand post.

But controversy erupted when Agbonlahor looked to have pulled the shirt of Mikel before tumbling as he turned under the midfielder's challenge.

Referee Howard Webb dismissed Villa's fierce appeals, much to the fury of O'Neill in the Villa technical area.

Villa's high-tempo game was causing Chelsea all kinds of problems and the league leaders needed a last-gasp header from captain John Terry to prevent John Carew from finishing off a fine cross by Stewart Downing.

But in the 34th minute, Villa were thankful for a superb block by Stephen Warnock as Florent Malouda's cross provided Drogba with an opening.

Chelsea countered through the lively Cole who forced Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel into a fine save at his near post when Warnock's poor header fell to the winger.

Villa hitman Carew, marshalled superbly by Terry for much of the game, went just wide from Downing's corner in the 46th minute.

But Villa's game fell away, just as it had done in the league match a fortnight ago.

And Chelsea, buoyed by a half-time pep-talk from Ancelotti, set about their opponents for the first time in the clash.

Deco sent a half-volley wide of the target, shortly before Cole just failed to get on the end of a near-post Drogba cross.

Cole made way for Salomon Kalou in the 64th minute and two minutes later the substitute played a part in Chelsea's opener.

Kalou found the rampaging Drogba with a clever through-ball but he was foiled by a challenge from Richard Dunne.

But the Blues made Villa pay from Malouda's corner. Dunne could only head the ball straight to Terry and his mis-hit shot fell to the unmarked Drogba, who steered it home from six yards.

That broke Villa's resistance completely.

O'Neill's side, faced with lifting themselves in the final 20 minutes, battled away without troubling Cech in the Chelsea goal.

And it was the Blues who finished the stronger.

Lampard fed substitute Michael Ballack on the right wing and the German crossed superbly for Malouda to finish off.

And Lampard found himself in just as much space in the penalty area to follow up clever footwork with a deft 10-yarder into the bottom corner.

Aston Villa: Friedel, Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Ashley Young, Milner, Petrov, Downing, Agbonlahor, Carew (Heskey 82). Subs Not Used: Guzan, Luke Young, Sidwell, Delfouneso, Delph, Beye.

Chelsea: Cech, Paulo Ferreira, Terry, Alex, Zhirkov, Deco (Ballack 76), Mikel, Lampard, Joe Cole (Kalou 65), Drogba (Anelka 80), Malouda. Subs Not Used: Hilario, Ivanovic, Sturridge, Belletti.

Booked: Deco, Terry, Mikel.

Goals: Drogba 68, Malouda 89, Lampard 90.

Att: 85,472.

Ref: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire).