Ebanks-Blake penalty sees spoils shared

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Gabriel Agbonlahor maintained his hot scoring streak by scoring for the sixth time in eight games to put Villa ahead with 10 minutes remaining.

But three minutes later Ebanks-Blake netted from the penalty spot after Steve Sidwell had brought down Michael Kightly.

Agbonlahor should have put the visitors ahead inside the first 90 seconds, firing a week effort tamely at Wayne Hennessey.

The hosts retaliated and appeared to have strong claims for a penalty rejected by referee Peter Walton when central defender Richard Dunne held back Kevin Doyle as he looked to burst clear.

Wolves were not overawed by their high-flying opponents and Christophe Berra was only just off target with a glancing header from Karl Henry's angled ball.

James Milner came to Villa's rescue when he cleared a goal-bound effort which hit the shoulder of Doyle from an inswinging Kightly corner.

Ebanks-Blake hooked the ball over from close range following yet another Kightly centre before he headed Kightly`s free-kick wide.

Martin O'Neill's men looked more purposeful after the break and a mistake by David Edwards allowed Stiliyan Petrov to release Ashley Young but he curled his shot wide of Hennessey's left-hand post.

Hennessey parried over a shot from a narrow angle by Agbonlahor before the striker broke the deadlock but Ebanks-Blake held his nerve to rescue his side.