No goals but Villa feel like club on up

Aston Villa 0 Newcastle United 0

Aston Villa’s new assistant manager ensured there was no chance of him slipping into the shadows on his dugout debut at Villa Park when a water bottle thrown in frustration at a refereeing decision inadvertently caught manager Paul Lambert, protesting on the edge of his area, in the unmentionables.

“You try and tell him not to throw one,” grinned Lambert afterwards.