Agbonlahor earns Villa share of the points

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04/02/2007 - Merceyside, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gabriel Agbonlahor scored in the 83rd minute to give Aston Villa a 1-1 draw against Everton at Goodison Park on Monday.

The goal canceled out Joleon Lescott's 15th-minute opener for Everton and leaves the Toffees in seventh place, three points out of a top-five spot.

Everton was the more ambitious side in the opening half and created more openings than Aston Villa. In the 15th minute Everton took advantage of a free-kick situation to get on the board. Mikel Arteta swung a cross in from the left that found Lescott at the back post. His close-range header took a slight deflection off of a Villa defender and found its way over keeper Thomas Sorensen for a 1-0 lead.

James Vaughan nearly doubled the Toffees lead in the 28th minute when he picked up a loose ball at the edge of the Aston Villa penalty area and fired a shot towards goal. The ball had plenty of pace and had the keeper beaten, but it curled just wide of the right post.

Villa came out of the halftime break with intent, forcing Everton keeper Tim Howard into action early on. Phillip Bardsley lobbed a cross from the right flank to John Carew inside the area. His half-volley from close range was stopped by Howard, and the defense did well to clear the rebound. Carew was at it again just one minute later as he got loose inside the box and sent a hard volley on net, but the shot was at the keeper.

The breakthrough finally came in the 83rd minute for the Villains. Agbonlahor played a first-time pass to Carew in behind the defense. However, the striker was met by a sliding Howard at the penalty spot, and he knocked the ball away. Agbonlahor was trailing the play, picked up the rebound and slammed it into the empty net to level the match and give the visitors a share of the points.

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