Aston Villa will feel robbed of crucial win v Bournemouth as ex-referee Dermot Gallagher left stunned by ‘blatant’ incident in 2-2 draw

Aston Villa will feel robbed of crucial win v Bournemouth as ex-referee Dermot Gallagher left stunned by ‘blatant’ incident in 2-2 draw

Following the release of former referee Dermot Gallagher’s assessment of a pivotal and contentious moment during the match, supporters of Aston Villa will feel cheated out of a vital victory over Bournemouth on Sunday.

Ollie Watkins headed in a 90th-minute equaliser as Aston Villa twice came from behind to draw with Bournemouth in a thrilling Premier League game at the Vitality Stadium.

following a mistake by Diego Carlos, Antoine Semenyo gave the Cherries an early lead with a nice low finish. However, following some outstanding wing play, Leon Bailey pulled Villa level with a rocket into the bottom corner.

Dominic Solanke put Bournemouth ahead again but Watkins popped up to ensure the points were shared.

The Villans can certainly count themselves incredibly fortunate to come away with a share of the spoils as the stats showed that the Cherries were incredibly dominant.

As per SofaScore, Andoni Iraola’s men registered more shots on goal, more shots on target, big chances and big chances missed but more crucially they just performed their xG (expected goals) of 2.02.

Villa registered a worrying number of 0.62

which says much about how Bailey and Watkins brilliantly took their chances, which on the evidence of Sunday’s game may not have been converted on any other given day.

This season, the Villans have been mainly uneven when playing away from Villa Park, where they boast a perfect 100% record. Out of their eight games away from Villa Park, they have won three and lost three.

After a contentious incident in which Semenyo narrowly avoided receiving a second yellow card, the West Midlands team may feel that they had the player edge to win the game on Sunday.

Semenyo, who was already booked, tackled Bailey, another goal scorer, barely inside the Cherries half, visibly ripping off the Jamaican’s shirt.

The away team was extremely frustrated because despite a foul, there was no second yellow card.

VAR currently cannot intervene over potential yellow card offences, meaning Semenyo’s tug went unpunished.

“It’s a clear second yellow card; he’s the luckiest man in Bournemouth not to have been sent off.”

Villa should have most likely lost the match, according to the numbers, but Bournemouth should have been down a player, giving the away team the ideal opportunity to steal a vital away victory on the south coast.

Emery and his side will be furious that they were denied three vital points that would have put them only two points behind league leaders Arsenal going into Wednesday’s pivotal matchup against Manchester City.

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