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O'Neill calls for response

02 Oct 2007 - 07:40:43

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Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill hopes his side can learn from their dramatic capitulation at Tottenham on Monday evening.

Villa looked to be coasting towards the points when Craig Gardner fired them into a 4-1 lead in the 59th minute at White Hart Lane.

But strikes from Pascal Chimbonda, Robbie Keane and Younes Kaboul in the second half salvaged a crucial point for the home side and left O'Neill in reflective mood.

"Hopefully we can learn from that," he said. "We have a very young side here at the moment.

"We've contributed here to a largely entertaining game and we have, for the most part, played terrifically.

"They dropped a little bit deep, which is understandable and obviously Tottenham were going to throw everything at us."

However, O'Neill felt his players weren't helped by a below-par display from the officials.

He added: "We should have had a penalty just after half-time.

"Then the final goal was obviously offside.

"It's not been the best day for the linesmen and the referee."