Aston Villa missed the chance to go top of the Premiership as Middlesbrough held them to a 0-0 draw at Villa Park.
Steve McClaren's Boro side battled until the final whistle, and could have snatched it had a Carlos Marinelli strike found the net during the second half.
The home side had chance after chance late on but failed to find the breakthrough, as former Villans Gareth Southgate and Ugo Ehiogu returned to the north-east happy.
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