Football: Midfield Maestros Impose Their Style ; Everton 1 Aston Villa 1

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To measure this performance by Aston Villa, you did not need to look at what was happening on the pitch. The frustration of the Everton supporters off it was the real barometer of how proficiently Villa functioned.

True, this was not vintage Villa - for some reason, it never is at Goodison Park - but it was enough to erase memories of that ghastly, perhaps pivotal, defeat against Burnley in the Carling Cup the previous Tuesday.

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Football: Midfield Maestros Impose Their Style ; Everton 1 Aston Villa 1

Everton went into this match looking comfortable in the top three of the Premiership table, yet their policy of sweating blood in midfield, so integral to their success this season, was less effective against such Villa playe...

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