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Ivanilsson’s late header went wide Aston Villa Boss Unai Emery marks two-year anniversary AFC Bournemouth A 1-1 draw was achieved till stoppage time.
Since Emery’s appointment in October 2022, Villa have moved from relegation candidates to top Champions League Was not given a chance to reach third place in the table Premier League After a last-gasp equaliser.
Following their win over Arsenal last week, Bournemouth were aiming to capitalize on Villa’s return to reality from their European high in midweek and stand-in goalkeeper Mark Travers let them down largely, making seven saves. .
Villa thought they had been rewarded for a dominant performance in the first 45, but John McGinn’s goal was ruled out Our And he was asked to wait for the opening batsman who eventually came in as a substitute Ross Barkley Came off the bench for his first goal of the season.
A late free-kick gave Bournemouth a final chance which Ivanilsson pounced upon to steal a point with the last touch of the game.
Bournemouth made four changes after handing Arsenal their first defeat of the season, with Ezri Konsa and McGinn making their league returns in place of Diego Carlos and Leon Bailly after last week’s win over Fulham.
Travers replaced the injured Kepa Arrizabalaga and was called into action when he blocked Youri Tielemans’ effort at the front post for a corner.
Aston Villa have built a reputation as one of the most dangerous teams in the league from set pieces and almost cashed in on another – Lucas Digne’s lovely floated cross found Amadou Onana, who was again kept out by Travers.
The hosts were denied an opener just before the half-hour mark.
Morgan Rogers’ overhit cross was collected by Ollie Watkins on the byline and he laid it off for McGinn, who headed home, but VAR intervened and ruled the ball slightly out of play.
Bournemouth were on the backfoot for large spells, but began to fire warning shots of their own – Justin Kluivert’s rifled effort from range required a save by Emi Martínez.
Travers was again busy between the sticks and denied Villa for a fourth time in the half, this time diving down the left to deny Konsa’s powerful strike.
Villa turned up the heat in the second period and were denied twice again by the inspired Travers, who was on hand to block Pau Torres’ long-range effort and Watkins’ header in the space of a minute.
Super sub John Duran thought he had worked his magic again, but he dismissed a post that many Villa fans thought was the wrong side of him.
A nervous Villa Park erupted in the 76th minute.
Andoni Ierola’s side finally came under pressure when Ian Matsen’s through ball was nodded by Bailey in the direction of Barkley, who swapped the ball.
The Cherries were left fuming when claims for a penalty were rejected by both referee Chris Kavanagh and VAR when Bailey appeared to handle the ball inside the area.
But Bournemouth were given a final chance to pull off a late upset when goalscorer Barkley brought down Marcus Tavernier outside the box.
Tavernier dusted himself off and fired the ball over Ivanilsson’s head to silence Villa Park.