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Tshibola header denies Toon
- Updated: September 24, 2016
Aaron Tshibola headed an 89th-minute equaliser as Aston Villa snatched a 1-1 draw with Newcastle in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday.
The summer signing from Reading headed home Jordan Ayew’s corner late on at Villa Park to deny Newcastle a victory they thought they had earned through Tommy Elphick’s first-half own goal.
Newcastle dominated much of the game and saw Dwight Gayle and Mohamed Diame spurn great chances to increase their lead before Villa rallied in the late stages.
Mile Jedinak had a goal disallowed and Ayew hit the post before Tshibola struck to deny Newcastle the chance to move up to third in the table.
Villa boss Roberto Di Matteo confirmed before the game that Jack Grealish had been suspended by the club for this match for off-field misdemeanours, while he handed a first start to summer signing Albert Adomah.
Rafa Benitez made three changes, bringing in DeAndre Yedlin, Yoan Gouffran and former Villa player Ciaran Clark and his team was utterly dominant throughout the first half.
They almost opened …
