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Aston Villa 2-2 Nottingham Forest: Henri Lansbury nets late to secure unlikely point

Henri Lansbury struck late to bag Nottingham Forest a lucky point as Aston Villa imploded again.

The midfielder scored with just three minutes left as the visitors escaped with a 2-2 draw despite finishing the game with 10 men following a thrilling second half.

Two goals in two second-half minutes put Villa ahead after Ross McCormack and Rudy Gestede turned the game on its head.

They cancelled out Apostolos Vellios' first Forest goal while the visitors had Hildeberto Pereira sent off for his second yellow card following the celebrations for Lansbury's goal.

Villa dominated for long spells but again came up short after previously blowing a home lead against Huddersfield as McCormack hit the post, Jordan Ayew crashed the crossbar and Jonathan Kodjia was denied a debut goal.