Villans make statement of intent in Champions League race

Aston Villa survived the late Nutingham Forest to secure 2-1 victory at Villa Park.

The goals in the first half of Morgan Rogers and Deniel Malin were the difference in Midlands, despite the fighting of the second half of the visitors, who once withdrawn through the alternative to Gota Silva.

Villa raced my goal in the opening 15 minutes. The opening match came in the 13th minute when Youi Tientans played a ball on the Rogers Road, who traveled to the past Matz Sels to achieve his eighth goal in this season.

After only 138 seconds, the hosts doubled their field. Ian Maatsen delivered a low cross from the left side, which found an unique money in the six -yop’s box to obtain a simple faucet.

The forests that were shocked and unorganized struggled, in order to respond in the first half, although they threaten from time to time on the table.

Callum Hudson-Deodii and Anthony Elanga are close to the shots that faded narrowly, but a villa that has been in control of the break 2-0.

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Nuno Espereto Santo responded when breaking by bringing it to Gota Silva to Langa.

The Portuguese wing had an immediate effect, as he fell down in the 57th minute after Neco Williams presented a dangerous cross from the left. The completion of Silva in the lower right corner gave the forest hope and turned the momentum in their favor.

From that point, it was the visitors who seemed more likely to register. The calamity of Villa Villa gave the way to anxiety as Forrest flowed forward with renewable energy.

Hudson-Deodii and Williams, while Anderson and Gibbs-WHITE are continuing threats in and around the box.

Villa’s goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez, who became savior in the closing stages. First, Silva denied a varying head of a relative, then watched with gratitude while the Morello strike from the edge of the area had cut the crossbar at the time of stopping.

Meanwhile, SELS also kept the forests with a series of great stations, including a dual savings to thwart Rashford late.

Despite the rise in Forest in the second half, Villa stuck to demanding the seventh consecutive victory in the league and moving in points with Manchester City.

For Forest, they remain in third place, but they gave City and Chelsea under it an opportunity to catch the rest of the weekend.