Bournemouth 2-2 Aston Villa: Ollie Watkins' late header earns top-four hopefuls point on south coast
Match report and free highlights as Ollie Watkins scores late to earn Aston Villa draw against Bournemouth; Antoine Semenyo gives Cherries early lead before Leon Bailey equalises for Villa; Dominic Solanke puts Bournemouth back in front but Watkins heads home in 90th minute to earn point
Sunday 3 December 2023 17:36, UK
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Ollie Watkins' 90th-minute header rescued a point for top-four hopefuls Aston Villa as they drew 2-2 with Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.
Watkins, passed fit to start on the south coast despite experiencing «small pain» in training this week, rose highest to reach a Moussa Diaby cross just when Bournemouth looked to have held on for all three points.
Unai Emery's side headed into the fixture in impressive form but fell behind early on when Antoine Semenyo fired home for the hosts following a mistake by Diego Carlos (10). They were back on level terms just 10 minutes later when Leon Bailey cut in from the right and rifled an effort into the bottom corner from inside the box (20).
Bournemouth: Neto (7), Smith (7), Zabarnyi (7), Senesi (7), Kerkez (7), Cook (7), Christie (7), Semenyo (7), Kluivert (7), Tavernier (8), Solanke (7).
Subs: Billing (6), Sinisterra (6), Mepham (6), Ouattara (n/a).
Aston Villa: Martinez (7), Konsa (7), Carlos (6), Torres (6), Digne (6), Tielemans (6), Bailey (7), Luiz (7), McGinn (6), Zaniolo (6), Watkins (7).
Subs: Ramsey (6), Duran (6), Cash (6), Moreno (6), Diaby (7).
Player of the match: Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth).
The visitors had their tails up and looked to have completed an immediate turnaround thanks to Carlos' close-range finish from a free-kick into the box, but after a lengthy VAR review, the
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