Anthony Elanga struck an added-time winner as Nottingham Forest recovered from being behind after 86 minutes to beat Aston Villa on the Metropolis Floor and transfer fourth within the Premier League.
Ahead Elanga scored his first objective of the season in well timed vogue, slotting in Elliot Anderson’s cross within the 93rd minute to ship his aspect above Manchester Metropolis.
Nikola Milenkovic’s second headed objective in two matches had drawn the hosts stage six minutes earlier, replying to Jhon Duran’s 63rd-minute opener for a Villa aspect whose three-match profitable run got here to an finish.
Beginning the day locked on 25 factors instantly behind the highest 4, the European hopefuls shared a comparatively quiet first half, though Villa felt they need to have received a penalty for a problem by Elliot Anderson on Morgan Rogers.
The compelling drama of the second half started when Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez produced an distinctive save to narrowly claw Nicolas Dominguez’s header off the road, making it all of the sweeter for Unai Emery’s aspect when Duran’s intelligent header from John McGinn’s aerial go broke the impasse.
Chris Wooden thought he had equalised along with his eleventh objective of the season when he turned in Elanga’s low cross 9 minutes from time, just for a prolonged Video Assistant Referee test to rule the objective out.
Aid duly arrived for the house followers when centre-back Milenkovic transformed from Morgan Gibbs-White’s cross, with a draw sufficient for Forest to remain above Villa on objective distinction.
Sweden worldwide Elanga had different concepts, guaranteeing Forest have received three of their final 4 matches and 4 of their final 5 at dwelling.
