Once again, Villa got off to the worst possible start with Wayne Routledge opening the scoring after just nine minutes.
The home side was very much the dominant one throughout the first half, missing a glut of chances as Routledge saw another shot saved and Michu hit the post twice. Villa’s youngsters were clearly becoming rather frustrated and four of them picked up unnecessary yellow cards.
Swansea wasted several other chances before Weimann scored just before the break after racing to meet Benteke’s pass and firing the ball into the bottom corner of Vorm’s net.
After the break, Swansea found fewer opportunities to score. They had a call for a penalty turned down by Mark Halsey after he decided the ball had struck Bennett outside the box. It was a close call for the referee but I think he got it right as Bennett’s feet were definitely outside the box.
It was another penalty that broke the deadlock in the 84th minute: Dyer twisted with Weimann and this time Halsey pointed to the spot. Benteke stepped up and calmly sent Vorm the wrong way, putting Villa 1-2 ahead with six minutes to play, much to the delight of the vocal travelling fans.
Villa defended the precious lead solidly but Halsey’s decision to add 5 minutes led to a few raised eyebrows.
In the 94th minute, the ever-dangerous Danny Graham somehow struck through a packed penalty area to secure the draw and break claret and blue hearts.
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Another game we should have been smashed in. A point is good butour team is very very poor and will go down .
Good, but nothing to make me feel safe yet. Holes all over the defence for the first 30 minutes or so, but after that we tightened up, which is something positive. Benteke looked very lathargic in the first half but in the second he was much more aggressive. Glad to see Albrighton got the start, he is deffinently not afraid to run at defenders which is what we need right now and he provided some good attacking play. Also happy to see us finnally find the back of the net, even if one goal was from a lucky penelty. I think its safe to say we are all praying that westwood aint injured, thats all we need right now – another injury. I guess the biggest let down was the refs descision for 5 extra minutes.. a number i believe he pulled completly out of his arse!! how he came to that conclusion is beyond me, id say 3 minutes at the max if that. A point doesnt help us that much but its better than nothing, and with Southampton looking like they are gunna draw with the gunners we are no better off than we were before today, but this is gunna be a confidence booster for the lads i hope. Two winnable fixtures comming up (Ipswich and Bradford) so lets get behind the boys and make some noise!