How Aston Villa were made to sweat for a seventh successive victory. At least the manner in which Nottingham Forest swarmed their goal as they pushed for a second-half equaliser may prove a decent dress rehearsal for Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at Paris Saint-Germain.
Forest pulled a goal back through the half-time substitute Jota Silva and then dialled up the pressure but the visitors, determined to emulate Villa by gatecrashing Europe’s elite, were beaten by early goals from Morgan Rogers and Donyell Malen. For Villa, who cut the gap to third-placed Forest to six points, attention will quickly turn to analysing the Ligue 1 champions.
Written by Ben Fisher at Villa Park
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/05/aston-villa-nottingham-forest-premier-league-match-report under the title “Rogers’ and Malen’s fast start earns Aston Villa win over Nottingham Forest”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
