text: Tim Sherwood and Chris Ramsey may become a united force again in seasons to come. They could continue as rival managers. Whatever happens, they will remember this night when they went toe to toe for 90 minutes of top-flight football. There was adrenaline, action, twists and turns. It was good to see two English coaches who have come up through the ranks against each other in a match of this importance. Their teams’ Premier League statuses were not decided on Tuesday night, but this felt like a sliding-doors moment that directed their paths. Tim Sherwood and Chris Ramsey embrace each other as they met at Villa Park on Tuesday night . There was adrenaline, action, twists and turns as Ramsey and Sherwood went head to head at Villa Park . Queens Park Rangers led, then Aston Villa led, then Charlie Austin gave QPR a taste of victory before Christian Benteke wiped it away with his hat-trick goal. It was absorbing stuff on the pitch as well as in the technical areas, where Sherwood and Ramsey stood. They shuffled and shouted, cajoled and pointed. Never during the match did they exchange glances, perhaps too afraid to look the other in the eye and give the game away. Sherwood and Ramsey’s relationship was forged over four years at Tottenham. They helped bring through young talent; Sherwood predominantly picking and motivating, Ramsey mainly coaching. Harry Kane, Ryan Mason and Nabil Bentaleb are part of their Spurs legacy. Now Premier League bosses, they still live 10 minutes apart in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. They have been for pints this season and will do so again in the future no doubt, unpicking this game that had so much at stake. Sherwood tore his jacket off as he celebrated his team's goal en route to Christian Benteke's hat-trick . Sherwood throws his jacket as he celebrates the goal at Villa Park in the relegation battle . Sherwood was out at pitchside much earlier than his friend and rival, so he waited and watched as Ramsey, jacket wrapped around his waist, strode out on his own from tunnel to dugout. The Villa boss extended his hand and there was a warm embrace between the two men as an arc of photographers snapped away nearby. Sherwood wore his customary gilet. In the seventh minute it was unzipped, three minutes later it was ripped off and flung to the floor. The timings coincided with QPR’s opening goal, and Villa’s equaliser. Think Temuri Ketsbaia minus the hoarding kicks. Sherwood, as we have become accustomed, was living the match on the edge. Unafraid to hype its importance before kick-off, he was treating it as such once the whistle blew. The showdown between Sherwood (left) and Ramsey (right) ended in a 3-3 draw at Villa Park . By half-time we had seen the full show. In the 16th minute he placed his hands on his head when QPR keeper Rob Green saved from Jack Grealish. In the 24th he hurried his players to take a free-kick. Soon after he was telling fans behind his dugout to calm down after Grealish delivered a poor corner. He produced his double-fisted pump celebration after Benteke’s second, the one we saw during the latter stages of the FA Cup win over West Brom. Sherwood was more restrained in the second period, particularly when Clint Hill found a leveller. Austin’s strike left him shellshocked before Benteke put a smile back on his face. With six games to go, both men have much to think about.
target: Aston Villa and QPR drew 3-3 in the Premier League on Tuesday night .
  Tim Sherwood and Chris Ramsey's reunion had twists and turns to it .
  The two clubs' Premier League statuses were not decided by the draw .