Click here for Sportsmail's brilliant Match Zone from West Ham v Aston Villa One run has ended and another continued, but only Paul Lambert had cause to smile about this result. Sam Allardyce was far more preoccupied with how this one got away, even if it did mean West Ham have now gone five matches unbeaten in this excellent season of personal vindication. Make no mistake, this game was there for the taking for a free-scoring team who suddenly got the jitters in front of goal. Never was that more obvious than in the frenzied late stages of the second half.
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Aston Villa end their six-game losing Premier League run with scoreless draw against West Ham at Upton Park
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Paul Lambert's side had previously not collected a point since beating Liverpool in mid-September
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Andy Carroll makes his first appearance of the season off the bench in the second half
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The point lifts West Ham United into fourth place in the league on Saturday night
Indeed, it really has been a tough season for them, even if @placeholder insisted confidence is good.