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Stoke city and aston villa played out a 0-0 draw in the midland derby.
Aston villa missed the chance to reduce their deficite in the race for the final champions league place after being held to goalless drawat stoke.
The britania stadium has become a touh venue for most visiting sides but for a team with aspirations of mixing it with Europe’s elite next season villa did not test goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen nearly enough