{"id":21816,"date":"2011-12-26T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/richard-dunne-proud-of-aston-villas-hard-fought-draw-with-stoke-city\/"},"modified":"2011-12-26T23:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T23:57:00","slug":"richard-dunne-proud-of-aston-villas-hard-fought-draw-with-stoke-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/26\/richard-dunne-proud-of-aston-villas-hard-fought-draw-with-stoke-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Dunne proud of Aston Villa’s hard-fought draw with Stoke City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Dunne<\/a> thinks Aston Villa<\/a> can be proud of their goalless draw against Stoke City<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Both sides struggled to create genuine chances, with Stoke boss Tony Pulis praising Dunne and his central defensive partner James Collins.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Dunne was pleased with the way his side tightened up at the back after conceding soft goals to corners in recent games.<\/p>\n

“I think we can be proud of ourselves, we worked really hard,” Dunne told Sky Sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“We were happy with a point, it’s a very difficult place to come.<\/p>\n

“It’s been disappointing to concede a lot at set plays [this season].”<\/p>\n

Stiliyan Petrov was also keen to credit Gabriel Agbonlahor for his part in the clean sheet at the Brtiannia Stadium, after the striker cleared Marc Wilson’s second half header off the line.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been saying a lot about Gabby, this season he has been improving his game,” he said. “He is working very hard for the team.<\/p>\n

“It is a very difficult place to come to. We battled really well today, we battled as a team.”<\/p>\n

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