PL: Nottingham Forest knocks out Aston Villa and moves away from the red zone

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By: Manu Tournoux

Continuation of the 11th day of the Premier League this Sunday afternoon with Aston Villa, fifth in the championship just two points off the podium, traveling to the City Ground to face Nottingham Forest, 16th in the standings with five points. advances on the red zone. The Reds confirmed their invincibility at home and moved away from the last places by winning at home against Unai Emery’s Villans (2-0).

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Aston Villa
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16

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Nigerian right-back Ola Aina broke the deadlock with a superb strike from outside the area to deceive the vigilance of Emiliano Martiez, recent winner of the Yachine trophy (1-0, 5th). The Argentine world champion completely missed his intervention on Orel Mangala’s powerful shot (2-0), which doubled the score for Forest. Three important points for Steve Cooper’s men, moving up to 12th place in the PL, Villa remains on the last step of the top 5.

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