Nottingham Forest rise to 4th after late turnaround win over Aston Villa

Anthony Elanga played the role of super sub as Nottingham Forest scored two late goals to clinch a dramatic 2-1 win over Aston Villa to go fourth in the Premier League table.

Forest and Villa entered Saturday's late kick-off fifth and sixth in the standings respectively, with both knowing a victory would lift them into the UEFA Champions League places.

Chances were few and far between until the second half, when Jhon Duran – having replaced Ollie Watkins in Villa's starting attack – opened the scoring with a fine header.

Chris Wood saw a potential leveller disallowed for offside after a VAR review, but Forest continued to push for an equaliser and drew level courtesy of a powerful Nikola Milenkovic header in the 87th minute.

Substitute Elanga then completed the turnaround four minutes into stoppage time, sidefooting home to ensure Forest climbed above Manchester City with 28 points, and three ahead of Villa.

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