Aston Villa vs. Manchester City

Barry was booed throughout the 90 minutes by the Villa fans on his first return since his £12million summer transfer to City and did not have one of his most influential games. But Dunne was excellent at the back for Villa and he was applauded by both sets of fans after not celebrating his goal in an elaborate manner.

Villa had the better of the opening 45 minutes, closing City down effectively but also looking threatening when going forward with John Carew causing problems. But City were more menacing after the break despite Dunne and James Collins making many crucial interceptions at the heart of the Villa back four.

Dunne opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Stephen Warnock sent over an inswinging corner and Dunne was perfectly placed to climb above Barry and head back across Given into the far corner of the net. Dunne was mobbed by his team-mates but showed little emotion and was applauded by the City fans when he made his way back to the centre circle.

City started to see more of the ball only towards the end of the first half. Villa were sitting back and defender Carlos Cuellar made a vital interception to deny Tevez as he tried to play in Adebayor.

City forced a string of corners and after 67 minutes Bellamy brought them back on level terms with his fourth goal of the season. Wright-Phillips won the ball and released Ireland who then played the ball into Adebayor down the channel. He cut the ball back to Bellamy and the Welsh international hammered the ball home from 12 yards.