Merson was then fed into space by the Italian, only to shoot inches wide.
Carbone then shot narrowly wide from Merson's cross - the best effort of the match so far.
England star Merson finally broke the deadlock following a deft one-two with Carbone that put him into space.
But it was Quashie who had the final say, breaking through to capitalise on a sublime Paul Merson pass in stoppage time.
Villa confirmed that it just was not to be their day when Merson's cross presented Ugo Ehiogu with an open goal, but he headed over.
Villa were relying on the inaus of playmaker Paul Merson to furnish the pace of Julian Joachim and the wizardry of Benito Carbone.
United gave possession to Lee Hendrie, who back-heeled the ball to Merson and his 20-yard chip was expertly touched away by Raimond van der Gouw.
Villa boss John Gregory, sensing a change might allow them to capitalise on Liverpool's wastefulness, brought on Lee Hendrie for Merson just after the interval.
It's impossible for TV makers to completely eliminate that border, Alessi said, but that's the longterm goal of TV manufacturers, said Gary Merson, editor of HDGuru.com.
Wenger is determined to avoid any possible repeat of past Arsenal drink-related problems, with Tony Adams and Paul Merson both admitting to alcoholism while with the Gunners.
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Steve Stone, signed by the hosts on a free transfer from Aston Villa this week, and Paul Merson both went close to doubling the lead before the break.
The match had a typical end-of-season feel although Paul Merson, who was named Villa's player-of-the-year before the match, brought the crowd to life with a great piece of skill.
When he returned to the squad the form of Dublin, Paul Merson and Julian Joachim prevented Collymore re-establishing himself in John Gregory's team and he was soon attending stress-counselling sessions.
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