Aston Villa 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Danny Ings denies Wolves in West Midlands derby

Ings has scored 4 goals successful 7 Premier League appearances against Wolves

Substitute Danny Ings' precocious equaliser earned Aston Villa a constituent and denied Wolves an important Premier League triumph successful their West Midlands derby astatine Villa Park.

Podence ensured the visitors capitalised connected their purposeful commencement arsenic the Portuguese guardant weaved past Douglas Luiz earlier curling a 12th-minute opener beyond World Cup-winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

Making his archetypal quality since lifting the World Cup with Argentina past month, Golden Glove victor Martinez was called upon to contradict Matheus Nunes astatine adjacent scope arsenic the visitors continued to connection the greater threat.

The hosts yet sparked into enactment successful the last 20 minutes, with Max Kilman heading Ludwig Augustinsson's changeable disconnected the enactment earlier Ings' leveller.

But contempt relentless unit they were incapable to unit a precocious victor and Leon Bailey had to beryllium consoled by his team-mates astatine the full-time whistle aft helium missed a precocious chance, shooting wide from an space aft rounding Sa successful stoppage time.

Wolves stay successful the relegation places, 1 constituent from safety, portion Villa ascent 1 spot to 11th.

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Emery and Lopetegui stock the points again

This was the 2nd clip successful 2 antithetic league competitions this play that Unai Emery and Julen Lopetegui had shared the touchline, arsenic the 2 Spaniards became the archetypal managers to conscionable successful some La Liga and the Premier League successful the aforesaid season.

The archetypal encounter, successful Spain's top-flight successful September, saw Emery's Villarreal travel backmost to gain a 1-1 gully against Sevilla.

Once again, though this clip successful the West Midlands, Lopetegui saw his broadside denied victory, 1 which would person lifted Wolves retired of the relegation places.

Wolves' shortcomings successful onslaught person been cardinal to their aboriginal play struggles - they stay the league's lowest scorers with 11 goals successful 18 games - but a uncommon infinitesimal of prime from Podence ensured their encouraging commencement did not spell unrewarded.

Ezri Konsa had already cleared Nathan Collins' goal-bound header disconnected the enactment by that point, portion lone Martinez's speedy reactions prevented Nunes extending the advantage.

Villa person looked well-organised successful defence and dynamic successful onslaught truthful acold nether Emery but they struggled to support momentum from Sunday's awesome 2-0 distant triumph astatine Tottenham against a highly-motivated Wolves.

Despite an encouraging commencement to beingness nether Emery determination were signs of vexation among the location enactment with the hosts second-best for ample periods successful the archetypal half, and the half-time whistle was greeted with immoderate boos.

But Wolves retreated pursuing the interruption and Bailey, Cash, Buendia and Augustinsson each had efforts repelled amid a flurry of chances earlier Ings' decorativeness had Villa Park expecting a precocious winner.

Undoubtedly the top accidental to triumph the lucifer fell to Bailey, who was evidently inactive reliving his 94th-minute miss successful his caput arsenic helium sunk to the crushed astatine full-time.

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