Burnley 1 Aston Villa 1 - Pictures and report
Aston Villa were again stung by a late leveller as their win-less run in the Premier League stretched to eight games at Burnley.
Joe Cole's first-half goal looked to have put Villa on course for three points, but Danny Ings' penalty with three minutes to go ensured the spoils were shared.
Cole scored on his first league start for the claret and blues seven minutes before the break, poking his shot past goalkeeper Tom Heaton.
But Graham Scott, refereeing his first Premier League game, awarded Burnley a late spot kick when Jores Okore hauled down Lukas Jutkiewicz.
Ings kept his composure to slam the spot kick into the roof of the net and extend improving Burnley's unbeaten run to three games.
It was the away side who started brightest at Turf Moor, backed by a bumper away following from the Midlands.
Central defenders Okore and Ciaran Clark had chances from in-swinging Villa corners in the first 10 minutes.
Okore's touch and Clark's header were stopped by goal-line clearances from Burnley's Dean Marney to keep the game deadlocked.
But Cole eventually grabbed the opener shortly before half-time when he latched on to Andreas Weimann's low ball in from the right-hand side.
The Clarets defenders looked to the linesman but Manchester United loanee Michael Keane, deputising for the injured Michael Duff, had played him onside.
The second-half started at the same high intensity, with Burnley's early pressure presenting a gilt-edged chance to Michael Kightly.
He latched on to neat play in the penalty area and saw his low shot hit goalkeeper Brad Guzan's legs, before being cleared off the line by Clark.
Substitute Jutkiewicz then nearly scored with his first touch, when his glancing shot from an out-swinging free-kick flashed wide of the far post.
Burnley were eventually rewarded for their second-half pressure when referee Scott pointed to the spot.
Jutkiewicz went to ground from Okore's challenge, but there was debate over whether the initial contact was inside the penalty area.
Ings stepped up and calmly slotted in for his fourth goal of the season. Burnley pressed for a late winner, with Ings clipping a shot on to the post in stoppage time.
