Of all the results Villa wouldn't have wanted under Alex McLeish as a cynical fan base looked on was a nil-nil draw at a team Villa should be easily beating.

Already the pressure on the new boss after just 90 minutes rises to rarely seen levels. 

Alex McLeish makes his Premier League bow as Villa boss and records a score that appears to solidify negative expectation and reputation as a dull goalless draw is the order of the day.

Shay Given makes his Villa debut aged 35 after joining from Manchester City for a fee of £3,380,000 in July to become the 836th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Charles N'Zogbia makes his Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Wigan Athletic for a fee of £9,720,000 in July to become the 837th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

James Collins makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (70 Starts) to make it W30 D26 L19, 5 Goals and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.