Source: Daily_Mail
Man City bad boy Ade helps snatch point at Villa after Dunne stunner
Emmanuel Adebayor returned from disgrace to keep Manchester City's Champions League challenge on course.
The striker failed to score for the first time this season but still set up a goal for Craig Bellamy that brought a 1-1 draw.
It moved City back into the top four and stopped former skipper Richard Dunne getting the last word about whether the club should have let him go.
The Republic of Ireland captain, upset at being made surplus to requirements at Eastlands after nine years at the club, had given Aston Villa the lead after 15 minutes with a towering header.
But after out-jumping Villa old boy Gareth Barry he refrained from celebrating - despite being swamped by his new team mates. 'It's amazing how these things happen,' said Dunne, who scored only seven goals in 296 games at City.
'I don't have a celebration, if I score it's very surprising, it was just one of those things, I enjoyed my time at City and respect everyone there and I thought it was the right thing to do.
'I think things have been very good for Villa so far. To play that well against a side as good as them, who have spent a lot of money, is a sign of where we are.
'I saw how well they were doing last season at Villa and the expectations are the same now. We have a really strong squad and we think we have as good a chance as them of getting into the top four.'
City manager Mark Hughes said: 'That was the story that was always going to be written.
'We're pleased Dunny is doing well but we'd have preferred he hadn't scored against us.'
Villa manager Martin O'Neill said: 'I'm disappointed with the result, but not with the performance. The team were absolutely fantastic. We haven't played better. But they're a very good team and you're not going to outplay them for the whole game.'
O'Neill reserved special praise for Ashley Young, who battled on after taking a knock to his ankle in the first half, and the way his team rallied after City's equaliser.
He said: 'We had to gather ourselves and go again but I always felt we were capable of doing that. The team has got a great heart, typified by Ashley Young. Lesser players wouldn't have gone out for the second half because that ankle was well and truly swollen.'
England midfielder Barry, booed by the home fans who waved fake money at him in protest at his summer departure, was largely kept quiet.
