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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Fisher at Molineux

Torres rescues Aston Villa and angry Emery as Wolves finish with 10 men

Pau Torres celebrates scoring Aston Villa’s equaliser against Wolves
Pau Torres celebrates scoring Aston Villa’s equaliser two minutes after Wolves had taken the lead. Photograph: Neville Williams/Aston Villa FC/Getty Images

Perhaps the biggest surprise in this stop-start and spiky affair between Midlands rivals was that it took until the 94th minute for someone to see red. Wolves ended this ill-tempered draw with 10 men after Mario Lemina was sent off for picking up a second yellow card during 12 minutes of stoppage time but held on in a fraught finale against Aston Villa to claim a point.

Unai Emery and Gary O’Neil did not shake hands following a flashpoint at the final whistle, the former not content to wait around while his opposite number quizzed the fourth official, Paul Tierney, about why the game ticked past 103 minutes.

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