Anthony Elanga’s 93rd-minute goal sealed a 2-1 comeback win over Aston Villa and sent Nottingham Forest into fourth place
in this battle of the former European Cup winners and lifed them above Manchester City into the Champions League places.
The old City Ground was rocking to its core as, after a tight first period in which Nuno’s tactics helped negate Villa’s strengths, Forest’s spirit took them to new heights. Finishing in the top four might be stretching credulity but they are there on merit right now. With John McGinn tucking in from his position narrow on the left, Ola Aina, Forest’s right-back, followed him inside, obliging the recalled central midfielder Nicolás Domínguez to fill the space outside where Lucas Digne can be so productive.
Elliot Anderson slalomed his way through the inside-left channel only for his shot to deflect behind off Boubacar Kamara. Running over to the other side to take the corner, Anderson’s delivery was headed just wide of the far post by Murillo.Villa, legs tested but morale boosted by the midweek win over RB Leipzig that puts them close to automatically qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League, came back into the contest.
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