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Emmanuel Dennis scored his first Forest goal since his £20m move from Watford in AugustNottingham Forest moved off the bottom of the Premier League with a hard-fought draw against Aston Villa.
The result ends a sequence of five consecutive defeats for Steve Cooper's side, who move up to 19th in the table, a point above Leicester and four behind Villa who remain 16th.
Roared on by a vociferous City Ground crowd, Emmanuel Dennis gave the hosts the perfect start, capitalising on some poor marking to head in Morgan Gibbs-White's free-kick after drifting across the front of a static Villa defence.
However, Ashley Young levelled seven minutes later with a superb effort from 25 yards that flew into the bottom left corner.
It was Young's first goal for Villa since 2011 - when he was in his first spell at the club - and it was the only notable moment of attacking inspiration from two sides that struggled in the final third.
While Steven Gerrard's team had an Ollie Watkins effort correctly ruled out for offside and appeals for a penalty waved away when Forest captain Ryan Yates appeared to catch Ezri Konsa, too often their final ball or shot lacked the precision to trouble home goalkeeper Dean Henderson.
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Nottingham Forest
Squad number1Player nameHenderson
Squad number24Player nameAurier
Squad number3Player nameS Cook
Squad number26Player nameMcKenna
Squad number15Player nameToffolo
Squad number23Player nameFreuler
Squad number22Player nameYates
Squad number21Player nameKouyaté
Squad number20Player nameJohnson
Squad number25Player nameDennis
Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White
Squad number7Player nameN Williams
Squad number14Player nameO'Brien
Squad number16Player nameSurridge
Aston Villa
Squad number1Player nameMartínez
Squad number2Player nameCash
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey
Squad number10Player nameBuendía
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number23Player namePhilippe Coutinho
Squad number9Player nameIngs
Squad number32Player nameDendoncker
Squad number35Player nameArcher
Line-ups
Nottm Forest
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Henderson
- 24AurierBooked at 18minsSubstituted forN Williamsat 58'minutes
- 3S CookBooked at 27mins
- 26McKenna
- 15Toffolo
- 23Freuler
- 22YatesBooked at 82mins
- 21Kouyaté
- 20Johnson
- 25DennisSubstituted forSurridgeat 71'minutes
- 10Gibbs-WhiteSubstituted forO'Brienat 90'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Worrall
- 5Mangala
- 7N Williams
- 9Awoniyi
- 11Lingard
- 13Hennessey
- 14O'Brien
- 16Surridge
- 30Boly
Aston Villa
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Martínez
- 2Cash
- 4KonsaBooked at 45mins
- 5Mings
- 18Young
- 7McGinnBooked at 50minsSubstituted forDendonckerat 77'minutes
- 6Douglas Luiz
- 41J RamseyBooked at 75minsSubstituted forArcherat 81'minutes
- 10Buendía
- 11Watkins
- 23CoutinhoSubstituted forIngsat 65'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Sanson
- 9Ings
- 16Chambers
- 19Nakamba
- 20Bednarek
- 25Olsen
- 32Dendoncker
- 35Archer
- 52Bogarde
Referee:Anthony Taylor
Attendance:29,208
Live Text
Match ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Aston Villa 1.
Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 1, Aston Villa 1.
Foul by Matty Cash (Aston Villa).
Sam Surridge (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa).
Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Lewis O'Brien replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.
Hand ball by Sam Surridge (Nottingham Forest).
Attempt blocked. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sam Surridge.
Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Surridge (Nottingham Forest).
Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa).
Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Cameron Archer replaces Jacob Ramsey.
Foul by Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa).
Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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