Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill was upset with his side's first-half performance in their 1-1 draw against midlands rivals Wolves.

Villa failed to really come out of the blocks in the opening 45 minutes but improved significantly after the break, and Gabriel Agbonlahor's 79th-minute finish looked to have secured the points until Sylvan Ebanks-Blake's late penalty.

And after his side's impressive display in the home win over Chelsea a week ago, O'Neill said: "I am disappointed. We didn't play well in the first half. We couldn't get it down and play. There was not a great deal of football played in the first half.

"I thought we improved significantly in the second half. We looked able to cope and limited them to very little.

"This was always going to be a tough game for us. It was a derby which makes it hard in itself against a side playing with plenty of spirit and enthusiasm. I am just disappointed that we didn't get to grip with the game early enough and that really would be it.

"Having played so well in the last couple of games, having gone into this game with loads of confidence, and wanting to impose ourselves quickly, we didn't do that and that was the disappointment."