Aston Villa player ratings v Bournemouth with in-form 8/10 and poor 5/10

The BirminghamWorld take on Aston Villa's dramatic late draw at Bournemouth.

Ollie Watkins came to Aston Villa's rescue once again as the England striker hit a last-gasp equaliser to earn his side a point at Bournemouth.

Unai Emery's men travelled to the south coast looking to put pressure on the clubs around them in the race for a Champions League spot but found themselves a goal down with just ten minutes on the clock as Antoine Semenyo opened the scoring for their hosts.

Leon Bailey restored parity just before the midway point of the first-half with a sumptuous curling effort but the Cherries got back in front seven minutes after half-time as in-form striker Dominic Solanke found the net.

Villa, to their credit, kept pushing for an equaliser and it duly arrived in the third minute of injury-time as Watkins got on the end of a neat cross from Moussa Diaby before sending a header beyond the helpess Neto to claim a share of the spoils for his side.

BirminghamWorld takes a look back a dramatic draw on the south coast and hands out our ratings for the Villa players.

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