Aston Villa needed a late goal from Norwegian forward John Carew to take a point from their fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers today. The Midlands outfit were trailing 2-1 with less than ten minutes left on the clock, but were spared the blushes by Carew.
Carew had earlier given Villa the lead in the 16th minute, but Wolves responded seven minutes later through Joey Craddock. James Milner’s own goal on 38 minutes put Mick McCarthy’s men ahead in the game.
Aston Villa 2-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers ( Carew 16′, 82’/ Craddock 23′, Milner 38′ OG)
1-0 Villa
1-1 Wolves
1-2 Wolves
2-2 Aston Villa