He ‘Midlands Derby’ come with the Aston Villa and Nottingham tied on points and both teams with wins in previous matches. The epic comeback of forest to win the sum of Unai Emery (2-1) is thanks to the insistence and accumulated fatigue of the visitors from the midweek duel in Champions League he is new Leipzig.
The rivalry between the two teams started intermittently, neither team had complete dominance in the first minutes, each had moments of dominance and attack and these situations alternated throughout the first half hour of game. Clear opportunities are few and far between Unai Emery as in Nuno Espírito Santo They stand well, preventing dangerous arrivals from the rival.
The clearest came in the first half Elliot Anderson in it 30′after making ‘Iniesta-style croquette and leaving the defender inside the area, he finished with the goal but Boubacar Chamber He blocked the shot and the ball went wide. In the following corner action Murillo He almost scored the first after a header went wide to the left of Emiliano Martínez.
In it 34′, Morgan Rogers He very insistently asked for the punishment of Elliot Anserson for touching the midfielder’s arm Aston Villabut the referee did not indicate the maximum penalty because he did not see that the action was punishable. He VAR He did not step in to check the possible violation before a foul could have been called. The first half improved in the final minutes in terms of chances, but they finally went 0-0 at halftime with one shot on goal. Matty Cash in it 45′.
The beginning of the second half seemed to be a copy of the first, where the teams neutralized each other without having good chances to score a goal. In it 60′Emiliano Martínez dressed as a hero, undoubtedly made the save of the day and is one of the best so far this season. In a corner in favor of Nottingham, Nicolas Dominguez He ended up alone in the area with a header and the Argentine goalkeeper stopped the ball on the same goal line at one point when it looked like the first goal was inevitable.
In it 62′, Jon Duran He opened the scoring with a powerful header after a short cross from the back John McGinn, Matz Sels He couldn’t do anything to stop a ball he saw coming at him so fast. Emiliano Martínez was once again fundamental with great action between the sticks, stopping a powerful mid-height shot from Neco Williams and thus avoid a tie.
From the purpose of Aston Villahe Nottingham Forest It is a roller that disturbs the place of Unai Emery with constant arrival. But the whole ‘villain’ He was able to counter the moment and bring calm to the meeting. In it 80′, Chris Wood put the tie on the scoreboard after help from Anthony Elanga which gave him an assist to finish with an empty goal, but the VAR He intervened to disallow the goal due to a millimeter offside by the Swedish player.
Finally at 86′ Milenkovic put the tie in the light thanks to a center Morgan Gibbs-White towards the Serbian player who rose and with a powerful header leveled the score. The City of the City. Fatigue in soccer players Unai Emery for European competition will be reflected in the return of Nottinghamin 93′, Elliot Anderson He placed a low center in the middle of the area where Anthony Elanga He was waiting to put the hosts in second place and made a painful comeback in the last minute.
he’Midlands derby graduated from a Nottingham Forest won an epic comeback against a Aston Villa who entered the match tied on points. In the success of those Nuno Espírito Santo They managed to get through for a while City of Manchester and leave the group of Unai Emery.
match lineup
26
34
7
8
31
5
16
22
11
10
14
23
4
12
8
3
14
2
44
9
27
7
The City of the City
Emiliano Martínez23
Ezra Konsa4
Lucas Digne12
90′
Youri Tielemans8
73′
86′
Diego Carlos3
67′
Pau Torres14
77′
Matty Cash2
67′
Boubacar Chamber44
90′
80′
John Duran9
62′
69′
73′
Morgan Rogers27
94′
John McGinn7
Replacements
Robin Olsen25
67′
Olivier Zych48
Kosta Nedeljkovic20
94′
Ian Maatsen22
90′
Lamare Bogarde26
Ross Barkley6
90′
67′
Emiliano Buendia10
77′
92′
Amadou Onana24
73′
Ollie Watkins11
73′
coach
Nuno Herlander Simões Espírito Santo
Unai Emery
Source: La Verdad
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