Nottingham Forest claim first victory under Glasner with late winner at Aston Villa

[p]After securing their first win of the season in Europe in midweek, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Villa[/a] were looking for lift-off domestically and had an opportunity to hit the front inside seven minutes through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lindelof-victor/OIp0Le1f/"]Victor Lindelof[/a], who volleyed goalwards after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Forest[/a] failed to clear a corner, forcing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sels-matz/Qqo54dB7/"]Matz Sels[/a] into a brilliant stop from point-blank range.[/p][p]Chances were at a premium throughout the first half, which was perhaps unsurprising given the measly two goals these sides had managed combined across the first three matchdays.[/p][p]The home crowd’s frustrations grew yet further when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/torres-pau-francisco/AVUHg8JU/"]Pau Torres[/a] was forced off on 25 minutes due to injury. [/p][p][b]The contest immediately livened up within a minute of the restart, however, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/delap-liam/6cfkytBh/"]Liam Delap[/a] netted his first goal for Forest.[/b][/p][image alt="Delap goal sequence" id="cab17f91-f29c-4d99-8f83-c2e7c4d4b7d3" credit-line="Reuters/Jason Cairnduff/Opta by Stats Perform" guid="ff326451-6cf3-49fc-8c81-e27c474cbed5" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]The summer arrival collected the ball 25 yards out, drifted forward before unleashing a powerful strike into the bottom-left corner, leaving [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/suzuki-zion/4bDDVvmT/"]Zion Suzuki[/a] with no chance.[/p][p]Glasner’s men were firmly on top after breaking the deadlock and came close to doubling their lead, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ndoye-dan/EmmpFCXN/"]Dan Ndoye[/a] headed agonisingly over the bar.[/p][p]It was one-way traffic with Villa on the ropes, and Delap had the ball in the back of the net for a second time after wrestling past Lindelof and firing home, but the Englishman was found to be offside. [/p][p]Unai Emery turned to his bench in an attempt to turn things around, handing debuts to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/manzambi-johan/pIqmcnKc/"]Johan Manzambi[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mbaye-ibrahim/nkxtcGo7/"]Ibrahim Mbaye[/a].[/p][p]The pair combined immediately to get the Villa fans off their seats, but Mbaye was unable to connect when sent through by the Swiss international.[/p][image alt="Alysson goal sequence" id="35ba8806-9389-455f-bee0-377c60d596db" credit-line="REUTERS/Tony O Brien/Opta by Stats Perform" guid="962e8a8e-fc42-4da3-9525-fa23295a9e0f" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b]Despite that, those changes successfully turned the momentum in the hosts’ favour, and Villa duly drew level through another substitute, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alysson/2m3ojzuh/"]Alysson[/a], who brilliantly headed into the bottom-right corner from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcginn-john/rgGnzD2e/"]John McGinn[/a]’s cross - netting Villa’s first league goal of the season. [/b][/p][p]Delap continued to pose a threat for Forest, seeing another shot from outside the box go close, and Villa - who were down to 10 men having used all of their substitutes when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maatsen-ian/nPiZrgf3/"]Ian Maatsen[/a] went off injured - were again punished for not taking heed of the warnings as the visitors netted a second late on.[/p][image alt="Igor Jesus goal sequence" id="22f346f1-ebad-4722-9784-ceccfce60fbc" credit-line="REUTERS/Tony O Brien/Opta by Stats Perform" guid="bc45c0ba-35ee-45ae-a2e7-b0d9705a038c" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b]Forest substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/igor-jesus/zPQTw5fe/"]Igor Jesus[/a] guided the ball into the left corner, latching onto [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gibbs-white-morgan/beZNT1bB/"]Morgan Gibbs-White[/a]’s cutback to score his first goal of the season. [/b][/p][p]Forest are therefore up and running under Glasner, who remains unbeaten in his eight games against Villa as a manager.[/p][p]Villa, meanwhile, remain in the drop zone after suffering a third successive home defeat.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gibbs-white-morgan/beZNT1bB/"]Morgan Gibbs-White[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Nottingham Forest[/a])[/b][/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/aston-villa-W00wmLO0/nottingham-UsushcZr/summary/stats/?mid=Mo2opFzi"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/h2]