Lambert lauds battling Villa display

A third straight home defeat for Villa would have meant their worst start to a league campaign at Villa Park since 1946 and they were staring down the barrel following a torrid first half.

But for all their dominance, City only had Yaya Toure's opportunist strike from Samir Nasri's corner on the stroke of the interval to show for their efforts and Karim El Ahmadi got the benefit of a questionable offside call to haul Villa level in the 51st minute.

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