Evanilson’s header within the final seconds of stoppage time shocked Aston Villa and earned Bournemouth a 1-1 draw at Villa Park.
Ross Barkley had lastly damaged Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers’ resistance to seemingly give Villa the three factors, however fellow substitute Evanilson had the ultimate say within the 96th minute, nodding in a left-wing free-kick to silence the house assist.
Travers, in for the injured Kepa Arrizabalaga, had been the star for a lot of the present, saving fantastically from Amadou Onana and Ezri Konsa within the first half, and Pau Torres and Ollie Watkins within the second, however wanted assist from VAR to disclaim John McGinn the opener.
Watkins thought he had saved the ball in and the assistant agreed, permitting the Villa skipper to twist residence, however slow-motion replays revealed all the ball had crossed the road. It didn’t appear to matter for Villa when Barkley bundled in after the break.
That sparked Bournemouth into motion and Matty Money was lucky to not concede a penalty when lunging in on Antoine Semenyo, earlier than Leon Bailey escaped a handball towards him quickly after. However, simply as Villa had been set to hold on, up popped Evanilson.
Participant of the match: Mark Travers
Kepa’s harm introduced a chance for Travers to make solely his second look of the season, the earlier coming when the on-loan Chelsea goalkeeper was ineligible to face his dad or mum membership. He responded with a player-of-the-match efficiency.
The save to disclaim Onana within the first half was very good and whereas the stops to disclaim Konsa, Torres and Watkins might need been anticipated, they had been a testomony to his agility – and his readiness to grab this chance. The Bournemouth supporters chanted his title.
“He kept us in the game in some difficult moments,” stated Andoni Iraola afterwards. “Kepa had a small injury, his left adductor, he could not kick the ball properly, and it did not make sense to take a risk when we have two goalkeepers.” And one as succesful as Travers.
Iraola reveals secret to equaliser
“I am that happy we scored a goal in the last moments to recover a point in a difficult place, a difficult game. I think we did not play well, they played better than us. We played the game they wanted us to play, but we competed very well.”
Iraola praised the influence of the substitutes in turning the sport their method within the last minutes, saying: “The substitutes gave us another energy and we finished well in the last 15 or 20 minutes.”
Conserving the ball away from Emiliano Martinez was key to Marcus Tavernier’s late help, with Iraola including: “Emi was claiming everything, every aerial duel, so we focused more on the first post to have more of a chance. Evanilson made the most it because it was not an easy header.”
