Points shard at Villa Park

Aston Villa 1 Middlesbrough 1

Malcolm Christie scored his first goal for 21 months to earn Middlesbrough a draw against his former club at Villa Park.

Christie has been dogged by injury problems since arriving at the Riverside Stadium from Derby four years ago.

It was only his 14th start for Boro but there was elation at last for the striker and it needed a Gareth Barry penalty to deny the visitors their first away win of the season.