BOURNEMOUTH pulled off a stunning smash n’ grab act with the last action of the match as sub Evanislson stooped to conquer.
His header flew past Emi Martinez to cancel out Ross Barkley’s opener which every Villa fan thought was enough to earn them three points.
Ross Barkley looked set to be the Aston Villa hero with his first Villa goal against Bournemouth[/caption]
But Evanilson headed home the winner with 10 seconds to spare[/caption]
His last-gasp equaliser sent the away side wild[/caption]
However the Cherries had other ideas and rocked Villa with a sucker punch, six minutes into stoppage time.
Villa will curse the loss of two crucial points despite climbing above Arsenal into third.
John McGinn had controversially seen a goal ruled out in the first half after Ollie Watkins was deemed to have not kept the ball in play.
Watkins thought he had managed to get to the ball soon enough at the byline to keep it in play before passing the ball to McGinn.
The Scotland international then rifled a shot into the top corner.
But VAR replays showed how the ball was mere millimetres from being kept in play, and the score remained level.
A feisty first half had seen referee Chris Kavanagh dish out seven yellow cards, three to Villa and four to the Cherries.
Things did not improve after the break, with McGinn and Lucas Digne both being booked within three minutes of each other.
Super-sub Jhon Duran looked set to once again score off the bench when Watkins tapped the ball to him in the penalty area, with the 20-year-old having acres of space around him.
However, the Colombian rushed his shot and fired just wide of the post.
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