Player ratings for Aston Villa as John McGinn is devastated and Ross Barkley fouls up after scoring

Birmingham’s Aston Villa newsLive as Bournemouth loses late due to a side blow from Unai Emery

Aston Villa drew with Bournemouth for the third time in their previous four Premier League games after giving up an equalizer in the 96th minute.

When Villa’s pressure finally paid off in the 77th minute, Ross Barkley, who had started the second half in place of Amadou Onana, broke the tie. Evanilson, a high-profile acquisition for Bournemouth, then headed in from Marcus Tavernier’s free kick after coming off the bench to tie the score.

Villa missed the opportunity to win their sixth league game, but they are currently undefeated in 11 games across all competitions.

After the ball had barely gone out of play before Ollie Watkins grabbed it and played it to the Villa captain, who curled into the far corner, John McGinn believed he had opened the scoring in the 28th minute, but VAR disallowed it.

Villa worked a set-piece routine from a dangerous area in the 23rd minute, which gave Onana the best chance to score after Watkins and Morgan Rogers both missed good chances in the first ten minutes of play. Mark Travers pushed Lucas Digne’s header back across goal around the post after he flicked the ball towards the Belgian at the back post.

After McGinn’s goal was disallowed by VAR and before halftime, Villa didn’t cause any problems for Bournemouth. Morgan Rogers, who played on the sidelines of the game, was replaced by Jhon Duran at the hour mark. The next save from Travers was forced by Pau Torres, as the Bournemouth goalkeeper tipped the center-back’s attempt over the crossbar.

When Watkins headed toward goal from Matty Cash’s cross, Travers was there to save Villa once more. Watkins found Duran with space inside the box, and he attempted to put the home team ahead in the 73rd minute, but his effort went wide of the post.

Both Ian Maatsen and Leon Bailey entered the game in the 71st minute, and seven minutes later they combined to give Villa the lead. Bailey managed to knock the ball down after Maatsen stood it up at the back post, allowing Barkley to push past Travers.

After falling behind, Bournemouth was upset that they hadn’t been given at least one penalty. Antoine Semenyo received a booking for diving while under Matty’s influence.