Nottingham Forest stunned Aston Villa with their first Premier League win in seven games on Sunday as Ola Aina and Orel Mangala struck in a deserved 2-0 win.
The sides came into the match in very different forms as Villa’s six-game unbeaten league run had taken Unai Emery’s men to fifth in the table.
Villa made a terrible start when Aina found the bottom corner from outside the box after five minutes and the visitors never recovered.
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Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez picked up the prize for the world’s best goalkeeper at the Ballon d’Or ceremony earlier this week for his heroics in helping Argentina to World Cup glory last year.
But it was his error that gifted Forest their second goal early in the second half. The goalkeeper got a hand to Mangala’s strike from long range but did not do enough to divert the ball to safety as it looped back into his goal.
Forest climb to 12th in the table, eight points clear of the relegation zone, while Villa missed the chance to climb into the top four as they remained fifth.
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