Aston Villa v Stoke City

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Aston Villa 1-1 Stoke City Stoke defender Robert Huth scored for the second time in three days to earn his side a point in their Barclays Premier League clash at Aston Villa. Huth netted his side's first goal when they came from behind to defeat Wolves on Saturday and made another telling contribution against Alex McLeish's side at Villa Park. The former Chelsea player's 71st-minute header cancelled out a stunning strike from Villa striker Andreas Weimann which had broken the deadlock. A draw was a fair result from a game which seldom reached any great heights, although McLeish will be annoyed to have conceded yet another goal from a set-piece - the 21st of the campaign. Villa, missing seven senior players through illness or injury, edged further away from the bottom three and can look at a satisfactory Easter after also sharing the spoils with Liverpool. Stoke, despite playing their 51st game of the season - 16 more than Villa - still showed their ultra competitive edge in securing a hard-earned point. Shay Given comfortably dealt with a header by Rory Delap from a Matthew Etherington cross, but after 32 minutes a superb finish from Weimann put Villa in front. The Austrian exchanged passes with Ireland on the edge of the Stoke box before curling a 20-yard drive past Begovic into the top corner of the net. It was his second senior goal since announcing his arrival on the Premier League scene last month with a last-gasp winner against Fulham. Jonathan Walters was relieved to deflect a ball back across the box from Bannan over his own bar following a deep cross from Warnock. The Potters started the second period on the offensive with a series of trademark long throws. And, with 19 minutes remaining, Huth put Stoke back on level terms. Pennant was brought down by Gardner and took the free-kick to the right of the Villa box himself. Huth was the first to react and climbed above Collins to head home. WinkBall reporters Rosie and James were at Villa Park to speak to the fans of both teams and got their reactions to the days events.

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Aston Villa v Stoke City

Event Date: 10/04/2012

Aston Villa 1-1 Stoke City Stoke defender Robert Huth scored for the second time in three days to earn his side a point in their Barclays Premier League clash at Aston Villa. Huth netted his side's first goal when they came from behind to defeat Wolves on Saturday and made another telling contribution against Alex McLeish's side at Villa Park. The former Chelsea player's 71st-minute header cancelled out a stunning strike from Villa striker Andreas Weimann which had broken the deadlock. A draw was a fair result from a game which seldom reached any great heights, although McLeish will be annoyed to have conceded yet another goal from a set-piece - the 21st of the campaign. Villa, missing seven senior players through illness or injury, edged further away from the bottom three and can look at a satisfactory Easter after also sharing the spoils with Liverpool. Stoke, despite playing their 51st game of the season - 16 more than Villa - still showed their ultra competitive edge in securing a hard-earned point. Shay Given comfortably dealt with a header by Rory Delap from a Matthew Etherington cross, but after 32 minutes a superb finish from Weimann put Villa in front. The Austrian exchanged passes with Ireland on the edge of the Stoke box before curling a 20-yard drive past Begovic into the top corner of the net. It was his second senior goal since announcing his arrival on the Premier League scene last month with a last-gasp winner against Fulham. Jonathan Walters was relieved to deflect a ball back across the box from Bannan over his own bar following a deep cross from Warnock. The Potters started the second period on the offensive with a series of trademark long throws. And, with 19 minutes remaining, Huth put Stoke back on level terms. Pennant was brought down by Gardner and took the free-kick to the right of the Villa box himself. Huth was the first to react and climbed above Collins to head home. WinkBall reporters Rosie and James were at Villa Park to speak to the fans of both teams and got their reactions to the days events.