At Villa Park, it was one of those days in which an away team failed to win after being 10 men and scoring 5 goals. But it was not Nottingham Forest day after Tammy Abraham pulled 4 goals for the Villa. Tammy Abraham is on loan from Chelsea. Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa played a 5-5 draw in one of the craziest night of football. There was goal after goal between 2 teams fighting for the premier league promotion. Both Villa and Forest are former European Champions.

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This draw means Nottingham Forest are 6th in the table with 31 points after 19 matches. They had been great this season and has only conceded 2 defeats so far, the best record in the league. Forest last played in the premier league in 1998/99. They finished at 17th last season in Championship. Aston Villa is in 8th with 28 points. Villa was relegated to Championship during 2015/16 season after finishing in 20th. Villa was unlucky not to be promoted after losing to Fulham in EFL Championship play-offs after finishing in the fourth last season.

Here are the main events of the match:

  • 3 min:  Goal for Lewis Grabban, Aston Villa 0 - 1 Nottingham Forest
  • 6 min: Goal for Joao Carvalho, Aston Villa 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest
  • 11 min: Goal for Tammy Abraham from the header, Aston Villa 1 - 2 Nottingham Forest
  • 14 min: Second goal for Tammy Abraham, Aston Villa 2 - 2 Nottingham Forest
  • 22 min: Goal for Matty Cash, Aston Villa 2 - 3 Nottingham Forest
  • 36 min: Tammy Abraham scored from the penalty for his hattrick, Aston Villa 3 - 3 Nottingham Forest
  • 51 min: Goal for Joe Lolley, Aston Villa 3 - 4 Nottingham Forest
  • 68 min: Figueiredo from Nottingham Forest gets the RED CARD
  • 71 min: Fourth goal for Tammy Abraham, Aston Villa 4 - 4 Nottingham Forest
  • 75 min: Goal for El Ghazi, Aston Villa 5 - 4 Nottingham Forest 
  • 82 min: Second goal for Lewis Grabban, Aston Villa 5 - 5 Nottingham Forest 

Here is the short highlight of this crazy match.