Ollie Watkins sunk to his knees and the rest of them stormed straight to the Holte End. Only a point, but one to be celebrated. Aston Villa needed this; Steven Gerrard certainly needed it badly, organising a huddle with his coaching staff.
It was the sort of night that can drag teams out of the mud and this offered something of a feelgood factor. Manchester City felt they should have killed the game off after Erling Haaland’s opener but that Villa came back with guts is the sort of response Gerrard has been craving during the trying first month of this season.