Giggs somehow managed to pick out Cech with the goal at his mercy as he slid on to a Rooney cross and thenDrogba headed into the side-netting from an equally promising position.
Friedel made amends for his error as he tipped over a chip from Deco and then denied Drogba at point-blank range, then seven minutes into the second half Dunne's fellow center-back James Collins put Villa ahead from another Young corner as he was left unmarked at the far post.