Aston Villa were made to settle for a point as Nottingham Forest battled back to record a 2-2 draw in a thoroughly entertaining SkyBet Championship clash at Villa Park.
After a goalless first half, the second half sprung into life when the visitors opened the scoring just before the hour through an Apostles Vellios strike.
Villa fought back and a quick fire double from Ross McCormack and Rudy Gestede saw the match swing back in Roberto Di Matteo’s side’s favour before the home side suffered late heartbreak when Henri Lansbury bagged a late equaliser. The match ended on a sour note when Forest midfielder Hildeberto Pereira was dismissed after picking up a second booking two minutes before full time.
After seeing their side come so close yet so far to three points on derby day, Villa fans took to Twitter to give their views on the match.
To those saying we had no creativity today, how many chances did we create & miss again? The wins will come I'm convinced of it #avfc
— Wayne T (@witton_warrior) September 11, 2016
Like RDM howeva 2day I feel he let us down a bit when we went 2-1 ahead. Soon as Rudy scored Jedinak shud of come on tighten midfield #avfc
— Richard Tuite (@richardatuite) September 11, 2016
So disappointing as we played so well. Have to be more clinical + ruthless at both ends of the pitch.. Plenty to enjoy about our play. #avfc
— Howard Hodgson (@HodgsonHoward) September 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/andyvilla80/status/774984999196037120
Team gelling, creating loads of chances,battling injuries & only 6 points off Newcastle in 2nd..This, supposedly, is end of the world? #avfc
— Richard Maddison (@MaddisonGR) September 11, 2016
Aston Villa have another chance to impress their fans when Brentford are the visitors to Villa Park on Wednesday evening.
