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Ayew cracker rescues a point but Villa remain deep in trouble

Jack Colback’s delivery reached the unmarked Coloccini at the far post and, with Villa making little effort to clear, the Argentina defender’s scuffed shot beat Guzan for his first goal at St James’ Park since January 2011.

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“We have to battle for that and when we are in a situation where we have nothing to lose, we start to play and that was the case”.

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The game opened up in the final half an hour and both sides had plenty of chances to win it, but neither could find a victor as the match finished all square.

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Villa played out a 1-1 draw with fellow relegation candidates Newcastle away from home at St. James’ Park in the Premier League.

Ten points now separate the two teams in the standings as Remi Garde goes in search of his first win in charge of Villa at the sixth attempt.

The long-serving defender lost his marker and got on the end of a Siem de Jong corner to put Newcastle ahead in the 38th minute.

Garde’s men were let off the hook again, though, when Wijnaldum failed to make clean contact with Ayoze Perez’s centre from close range.

Villa (4-4-3): Guzan, Hutton, Okore, Lescott, Bacuna, Westwood, Sanchez, Gana, Veretout, Sinclair (Gestede, 58), Ayew. The only goal was scored by Papiss Cisse eight minutes before half-time, with the striker converting Darryl Janmaat’s cross to condemn Villa to a seventh straight loss.

Rudy Gestede had a chance to win it for Villa in the 88th minute but his header was denied by a save from Rob Elliot in the Newcastle game. More good goalkeeping from Elliot, who is excelling in Tim Krul’s absence, kept out Gestede, before Newcastle surged up the pitch.

The Barclays Premier League’s bottom side dominated their hosts after the break, with Ayew managing to break through an impressive Magpies rearguard with a superb equaliser.

Newcastle could have made it three consecutive wins if they had beaten Villa, but captain Coloccini concedes that a point was a fair reflection of the game.

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Villa’s players will sit down for their Christmas dinner next week with the team bottom of the table and 10 points from safety.

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