Meanwhile, defender Martin Laursen is in the frame to take Barry's job as Villa captain.
The best chance of the first period fell to City who should have punished Laursen's ponderous defending.
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Indeed, the visitors were wasteful throughout with Laursen squandering headers from fine positions from Gareth Barry corners.
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But Davies's form dipped after Laursen was forced to hang up his boots during the summer of 2009.
Ricardo Fuller's turn of pace and neat finish restored Stoke's lead, only for Laursen to level from close range.
Ashley Young's free-kick was headed down by Martin Laursen and Moore was on hand to finish clincally from six yards.
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This pretender was one of 100 impersonators of scientists, journalists and science policy wonks uncovered by Lucas Laursen, a reporter at Nature, the scientific journal.
"That goal stands out and to do it against the likes of Martin Laursen, Curtis Davies and Zat Knight, it's a good goal, " Fuller added.
Delap was fouled by Martin Laursen to allow Liam Lawrence to fire Stoke ahead from the penalty spot, with John Carew scoring a well-crafted equaliser.
When Laursen, the Nature reporter, told me I'd been had, I was sure he was wrong and that I was friends with the real Rick Weiss.
However Bolton almost became the architects of their own downfall when they failed to clear and presented the ball to Martin Laursen, whose shot cannoned to safety off the post.
His form when in partnership with Martin Laursen was good enough for him to be named in the senior England squad for the friendly international against Germany in Berlin in November 2008.
Sorensen's mistake ensured Blues did break the deadlock shortly after half-time, the ball squirming under his body at the near post after Heskey had shrugged off Martin Laursen and taken the ball wide of Mellberg.
He first waved away Villa appeals when Seyi Olofinjana appeared to bundle Agbonlahor to the ground, but seconds later was pointing to the spot at the other end, after Delap was clipped by Laursen as he turned tightly.
Villa have also recently signed full-back Stephen Warnock from Blackburn and completed a deadline-day deal for West Ham centre-back James Collins to strengthen their defence following the retirement of Martin Laursen and the sale of Zat Knight to Bolton.
But Fuller put Stoke ahead with a turn of pace fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt would have admired, as he moved on to Lawrence's pass, neatly flicked the ball round Laursen and outpaced the Villa defender to score from a tight angle.
The Villa keeper then got lucky when he advanced outside his area and his attempt to chest the ball down fell to Fuller, only for Laursen to cannily fence the Jamaican into a tight shooting angle which saw him fire into the side-netting.
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