Observer: Mick McCarthy pointed out beforehand that all good runs come to an end - a truism of which Ravi Bopara is proof personified - but Aston Villa's continues, another away point extending their best start to a season for 10 years.

Sunday Mercury: Martin O'Neill admitted that off-colour Villa failed to reach the heights they set against Chelsea in yesterday's "disappointing" derby draw with Wolves.

Sunday Mirror: Steve Bruce has saluted Sunderland owner Ellis Short's stewardship of the club and advised the American billionaire to follow the path of his fellow countryman Randy Lerner at Aston Villa.

Sunday Mirror: Martin O'Neill had no complaints today with the penalty award which helped Wolves hold his Aston Villa side to a 1-1 draw - but did take issue with his own team's performance at Molineux.

Mail on Sunday: Villa took a late lead with Gabriel Agbonlahor's sixth goal of the season, but Sylvain Ebanks-Blake's first, coming from the penalty spot, earned the home side a deserved point. "We went into the game with a lot of confidence and we wanted to impose ourselves,"said Villa manager Martin O'Neill. "We didn't do that and that was the disappointment for me. But this was a derby game and that makes it hard in itself."

Sunday Times: Spike Milligan once wrote about being on sentry duty during the second world war; walking up and down the cliff edge, his rifle over his shoulder, the wind howling, the darkness threatening when, suddenly, nothing happened. It was like that for a long time at Molineux; the players ran earnestly, tackled conscientiously, but nothing much happened.