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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Fisher at Villa Park

Emery takes responsibility as Forest strike late at winless Aston Villa

Igor Jesus celebrates after scoring for Nottingham Forest against Aston Villa
Igor Jesus scored his first Premier League goal of the season to seal victory. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters

This summer there were a couple of significant pieces of the puzzle for Oliver Glasner to put into place at Nottingham Forest. The first was a mobile striker to lead the line and the other was a right wing-back to fit his favoured 3-4-3 system. Enter Liam Delap and Daniel Muñoz, both of whom had a big say in Forest’s first win under Glasner, though the match-winner was one of the old brigade in Igor Jesus.

Delap registered his first Forest goal in style, a powerful shot from 25 yards and Muñoz was involved in the slick move that culminated in Igor Jesus reading Morgan Gibbs-White’s exquisite backheel to down Aston Villa, who remain winless in the Premier League.

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