Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City: Bellamy saves point
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The last match before the international break was one to savour as former City captain Richard Dunne headed new club Villa into the lead before Craig Bellamy equalised to ensure the two ambitious sides shared the points.
Dunne rose at the far post the head in James Milner's corner on 15 minutes, but did not celebrate out of respect to the club for which he made over 350 appearances.
The goal was made extra sweet for Villa fans by the fact that Dunne out-jumped their own former skipper, Gareth Barry, to score his first goal for the club.
Few would have begrudged Dunne the honour of that goal being the winner, but Stephen Ireland came off the bench to have a hand in Bellamy's equaliser. The midfielder slipped a ball into the path of Emmanuel Adebayor, who pulled it back for Bellamy to lash into the roof of the net midway through the second half.
The result means that City and Villa both move up one place in the table to fourth and seventh respectively.
Tony Mabert / Eurosport
