West Bromwich Albion 0 Aston Villa 0: match report Yet Villa probably had the best clear chances to win up to that point, with Ben Foster making two excellent saves to deny Chris Herd and Charles N'Zogbia, as well as saving at the feet of the onrushing Gabriel Agbonlahor. McLeish can take comfort, too, from the fact that his defence stood firm, with Richard Dunne back in the middle and his partner Carlos Cuellar outstanding, throwing himself in the line of fire time and again. Although Wigan's thrashing of Newcastle moved them level on points with Villa, no other side in the bottom half of the table won, meaning Villa now have two more games to ensure safety. Whether that will be enough to save McLeish's job is another matter, after the manager received the dreaded vote of confidence from his directors after Villa's home defeat by fellow strugglers Bolton in midweek. McLeish was uncharacteristically passive in the dugout at the Hawthorns, but applauded his players off at the end of a game that could easily have been another nail in their coffin.