With Liverpool at the Parc Des Princes tonight, it stirred memories of their 1981 European Cup final win at that ground. It came amid a run of six-straight European Cups for English clubs, with Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest the others to hold the crown during that time. Both are in the Championship now, but tonight was no time to pity their ever-dwindling glory: the two teams served up a legitimately bonkers game that ended
Forest race into a two-goal lead in the first six minutes...
Villa then equalised with two Tammy Abraham goals in three minutes
Eight minutes later, Forest were ahead again
Then Abraham had his hat-trick by the 36th minute!
It was 3-3 at the break. So, deep breath, because here we go again...
Forest go back in front at the 54-minute mark...
...only for Abraham to score AGAIN!
Then, four minutes later, Villa finally went ahead:
Only for Forest to equalise eight minutes from time. 5-5!
Oh, Villa had two goals disallowed after their fifth and Forest played the final half an hour with ten men after
Tobias Figueiredo got sent off.
Madness.
