Aston Villa picked up a valuable point in their battle against relegation, drawing 2-2 at Swansea. The result moves Villa two points clear of the bottom three, although they were only seconds away from a victory.
Paul Lambert could only shake his head in dismay as Villa made a horror start at the Liberty Stadium, falling behind inside ten minutes. The visiting defence was all over the place as Wayne Routledge ran clear to score, and Michu then hit a post as the Swans missed chance after chance.
Villa punished their hosts' profligacy on the stroke of half-time through Andreas Weimann, and they grew into the contest as neither team grasped a stranglehold of the second period. With seven minutes left Weimann won a penalty for Villa from Nathan Dyer, converted by Christian Benteke, but Danny Graham struck in injury-time to break Villa hearts.