Aston Villa recorded the seventh straight victory as the survivors were scared second half to beat the Rivale of Champions League Notingham Forest 2-1 and moved to sixth place in the Premier League.
Unai Emery made eight changes after a 3-0 victory in Brighton, and Villa was just a few days away from the huge quarterfinals of the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain, but you would not know that as Morgan Rogers and Donyelll have achieved within 15 minutes.
Rogers and Yourri Tielemans, the only players on the field who kept their place in the team, combined for the first goal, followed by the second only two minutes later. Forest, without Ola Ain and Alex Moreno’s defender, everyone was at sea playing five back.
Donyell small reaches a second for Aston Villa
Replacing Jota Silva withdrew the forest goal before an hour, but failed to use the shift of the momentum, as said the absence of injured attackers Chris Wood and Taiwo Awoniyi.
Only one of their 12 shootings in the second half hit the target, although the defender Murillo almost achieved an amazing equal equalist for stopping, hitting a tape with a strong effort from 25 meters.
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Jota Silve’s strike bounces into the lower corner while Nottingham Forest pulls naked back
Forest’s Murillo almost makes a marvelous strike at a level against Aston villa but denies him crossing
Villa recorded a seventh consecutive victory in all competitions ahead of the huge moon, with games against PSG, Newcastle, Man City, and then Crystal Palace in the semi-finals of Fa Cup on Wembley. Emery’s side strikes at the right time.
Forest, who was undefeated in four games, ultimately paid the price for defense mistakes in the first half, and Morato collapsed with his ShinPads for the opener, and Nico Williams could not follow Malina before entering the posterior post.
Nuno Espirito Santo remained in third place, and the fifth is expected to be enough to qualify for the Champions League, but Chelsea could go out two points behind them if Brentford beat on Sunday, while Villa is now six points behind them.
Rogers: Villa belief is massive
Aston Villa Morgan Rogers in Sky Sports:
“It’s a nice moment. We knew it was a big game that went into it. They worked really well in the league. We knew we had to start quickly. We knew this game was a mandatory victory. The first half we were extraordinary, we had energy.
“For us three points is huge. Belief is currently massive.
“It’s our play with teams! That’s what football is doing. In January, we made some signatures, they were massive for us to compete in three competitions. We managed changes, but we know all our jobs and roles.”
OPTA statistics: Villa man for big moments
- Aston Villa won seven consecutive games at all competitions for the first time after winning 10 games between March and April 2019 (while playing in the Championship), doing so as a top side, for the first time since March 1981 (7).
- Nottingham Forest has lost four of its last five Premier League games (W1), losing only two of its first 11 games on this season (W7 D2).
- Seven eight goals by Morgan Rogers in the Premier League this season or Aston Villa put in the lead (4) or drawing them levels (3).
- After failing to achieve any of his first 22 appearances in the Premier League, Jota Silva has since achieved in three of the last four. Indeed, all three of his targets became a replacement from the turn of the year, and the player did not score more goals from the 2025 bench (level with Fulham Rodrig Muniz).
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2025-04-05 18:26:00
