Gabriel Agbonlahor looked like giving Villa all three points but a penalty from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake earned Mick McCarthy's men a point.

Villa's display lacked imagination but Dunne has dismissed claims of a problem with the players' motivation.

"We have to make sure every game we play is a big game for us," he said. "We have to put in the same amount of effort whoever we play.

"It's disappointing. We've beaten Chelsea and you think to make that victory worthwhile you have to come to places like this and win games - and we haven't been able to.

"Our performance was not great but we feel we are capable of playing any team and picking up point.

"People will say we're not up for it against teams like Wolves - well we are. It was just an off day."

Villa's next Barclays Premier League match is away to Everton where they won 3-2 last season, with Ashley Young scoring an injury-time winner.