Stoke 0 : Aston Villa 0
03/13/2010 06:57:06 PM
six yards away.
Fuller's cross-shot from the left had Brad Friedel at full-stretch to tip it away from the run of Glen Whelan as Stoke upped the tempo in the last quarter of the match.
Petrov became Villa's fifth booking for a body-check on Etherington and from the resulting free-kick James Collins' desperate block deflected Fuller's 10-yard shot over the crossbar.
Stoke continued to press and Warnock's diving tackle denied Higginbotham from a narrow angle.
Kitson's foul on Milner gave the England international a shooting opportunity 25 yards out but he curled the free-kick just wide.
Stoke defender Robert Huth could have snatched a win in the final minute but headed Etherington's corner over.