Aston Villa came out of the blocks and scored two early goals through Travis Patterson and Omari Kellyman.
Justin Oboavwoduo pulled a goal back from the EDS, but Villa skipper Tommi O’Reilly extended their lead once again.
Tai Sodje reduced the deficit to one goal once more, before Kellyman secured his brace for Villa at the other end.
Oboavwoduo gave City hope before the break, grabbing a couple of goals of his own.
And the hope was rewarded with an equaliser from Farid Alfa-Ruprecht late on.
“There was so much happening in the game, I don’t know where to start really,” the EDS boss said.
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“I suppose from my point of view it was a difficult game in terms of the goals we conceded, but in the first half they were from breakaway goals or from transitional moments that Aston Villa are really good at.”
After only scoring once in our first two outings, the Irishman was pleased to see positive attacking intent from his side.
“We could have easily won the game, I think it’s almost impossible to say what the scoreline could have been because it was so open.
“In the second half I saw some signs that we have adapted to the strength of the opponents which was good.”
Watch Brian Barry-Murphy’s full reaction via the video at the top of the page…
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