Forest snatch late win at Villa to deepen Emery's woes

Nottingham Forest secured a dramatic 2-1 victory over Aston Villa at Villa Park on Saturday, with Igor Jesus scoring an 88th-minute winner to extend the home side's poor start to the Premier League season. The defeat left Villa 19th in the table with just one point from their opening four matches, a stark contrast to their midweek Champions League win over Club Brugge. Forest took the lead shortly after halftime when Liam Delap fired a low shot from outside the box into the bottom corner. Villa equalized in the 74th minute through Alysson, who headed home a John McGinn cross for the club's first league goal of the season. However, Villa were reduced to 10 men in the 80th minute after Ian Maatsen was injured following a challenge by James McAtee, with manager Unai Emery having already used all five substitutions. Forest capitalized on the numerical advantage late on. Daniel Muñoz delivered a cutback that Morgan Gibbs-White flicked into the path of Jesus, who stabbed home from close range to seal the points. The result marked Forest's first win at Villa Park since 1994 and extended Emery's winless record against Forest manager Oliver Glasner to eight attempts.