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term. It was a fitting finale given Grabban also ensured Forest took the lead in the third minute with their first attack.
Lolley got away down the right and fired a low cross into the six-yard box for Grabban to tap in his 12th of the season.
The stunned home side were rocked further three minutes later when Carvalho made it 2-0. The Portuguese youngster poked a right-foot shot into the bottom corner for his third this term after more good work by the brilliant Lolley.
Yet remarkably Villa were level by the 14th minute, after Abraham pulled back a goal with a header from Yannick Bolasie’s cross before bundling in an equaliser after John McGinn’s volley was cleared off the line.
Parity did not last long on an exciting night as Forest retook the lead in the 22nd minute, when Cash broke clear and lofted a finish over Orjan Nyland.
Yet Villa went into the break level after Jack Robinson chopped down Bolasie in the
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then got his marching orders for taking out McGinn on the touchline.
And his dismissal enabled Abraham to level again from the resulting Grealish free-kick, before El Ghazi put Villa ahead from Neil Taylor’s pass.
Yet the suspect Nyland was again at fault when Grabban beat him on the angle to equalise eight minutes from time.
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exposed Stoke from a free-kick, Harry Wilson curling in an absolute beauty around the wall.
But then Ince swept the ball in to win it after a great cross from Clucas.
James Vaughan won his battle with former Everton team-mate Jack Rodwell as Wigan ended a fivematch winless run with a 3-1 win over Blackburn.
Latics striker Vaughan fired in a penalty after Rodwell had hauled down Josh Windass.
The former England midfielder was clattered by Vaughan in the opening minutes – and they had a tasty contest all night.
Gary Roberts had fired in from 20 yards eight minutes before the break. After Vaughan made it before Diedhiou’s header found the target.
Che Adams was the Birmingham hero in a 2-0 win over Millwall.
Adams’ brilliant run down the left and shot hit the post where the luckless James Meredith put into his own net.
After Ryan Leonard’s 30th-minute sending off for Millwall, Birmingham settled it 14 minutes from the end when Michael Morrison bundled in a Jacques Maghoma corner.
West Brom punished Swansea’s defending to seal their third straight victory with a 2-1 win.
Oli McBurnie gave the Swans the perfect start but Craig Dawson and Ahmed Hegazi both headed in from corners.