BIRMINGHAM — Aston Villa rallied from a two-goal deficit with second-half goals from Karim El Ahmadi and Ashley Westwood to secure a 2-2 draw at West Brom Monday in a Premier League midlands derby. Shane Long gave West Brom a 2-0 lead with a third-minute strike and chip over Brad Guzan in the 11th. Stephane Sessegnon missed a chance to extend the lead and the Albion maintained control until halftime. Villa manager Paul Lambert made three changes 12 minutes into the second half, sending Andreas Weimann, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Fabian Delph into action and it paid off 10 minutes later when El Ahmadi volleyed in from Weimann's header. In the 76th, Agbonlahor's cross was only cleared by Goran Popov's header as far as Westwood, who equalized with a long-range swerving shot. Lambert said: “In the second half we were fantastic. We were really resolute. “We spoke about making changes at half-time but we decided to wait a bit. The three of them (Andreas Weimann, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Fabian Delph) have been big players for us all season and they made a huge difference. “I thought Ashley Westwood took the game by the scruff of the neck as well. He was terrific.” Bilbao edges Malaga Athletic Bilbao rallied for another victory Monday, coming from behind to win 2-1 at Malaga to heap pressure on coach Bernd Schuster. Iker Munian scored the 85th-minute winner only two minutes after Malaga's Francisco Portillo was sent off after a challenge on Ander Iturraspe, his second booking for the match. Juami Jimenez headed the host ahead in the 38th-minute but Malaga seemed to let its concentration — and the game — slip away as the visitors clawed back with Mikel San Jose heading in from a corner in the 68th. The majority of the 25,000 spectators at La Roseleda Stadium chanted for Shuster to be fired. Bilbao's first victory at Malaga in 12 years came from its fourth come-from-behind victory of the season. Bilbao moved up to fifth place with 26 points, one behind fourth-place Villarreal. Defending champion Barcelona leads the standings with 40 points, three clear of Atletico Madrid and six ahead of third-place Read Madrid. Roma fails to reclaim lead Roma was held to a 0-0 draw by visiting Cagliari Monday and failed to reclaim the Serie A lead from Juventus despite remaining unbeaten. It was Roma's third consecutive draw after opening the season with 10 straight wins. Still without injured captain Francesco Totti, Roma moved one point behind Juve, which won 2-0 at Livorno Sunday. Despite dominating for long stretches, the closest Roma came to scoring was when Gervinho hit the post with a header in the 38th minute at the Stadio Olimpico. Having grown frustrated by his squad's inability to score, Roma coach Rudi Garcia was sent off for protests in the 72nd and watched the end of the match from the stands. Cagliari moved level with struggling AC Milan in 13th place. — Agencies
