Aston Villa's unbeaten Premier League run comes to an end at the hands of Nottingham Forest

Post-match reaction from The City Ground after Aston Villa's 2-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.

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00:00 Aston Villa's remarkable sixth game unbeaten run in the Premier League has come to an end here at Nottingham Forest

00:06 as Steve Cooper's Reds have run out 2-0 victors here at the City ground.

00:09 Goals very early in both halves, six minutes into each half in fact.

00:13 First from Ola, Eina a very good strike from the edge of the area,

00:16 giving way too much space after Matty Cash was beaten by a Lange, Douglas Luiz, Bubu Calquimara,

00:21 the whole Villa back line really at fault as they didn't come out to Eina.

00:24 He struck hard and low and driven the shot into the far bottom corner and Martínez couldn't do anything about it.

00:28 Villa controlled possession throughout the whole game really, didn't create much in the first half,

00:33 created loads in the second but it was already too late, it was too much of an uphill battle

00:37 because it was a second goal early in the first half.

00:39 It was Aurel Mangala who struck from distance, a lot of power, a lot of direction on the ball

00:44 and Emi Martínez who actually won the Yashin Award at the Ballon d'Or ceremony earlier in the week,

00:49 fumbled his lines. He should have done a lot better, he flapped out the save and it went up into the air.

00:54 He looked as if he thought it was done and cared for, the ball came back down and went across the line.

00:59 The referee eventually poised the halfway line, it was well over though and Martínez just went to sleep

01:05 in that split moment and it cost Villa. Villa did dominate from that point on and they created loads of opportunities

01:11 but every single time they just seemed to put it over the crossbar.

01:14 Or Flachodomos I believe it's pronounced, the goalkeeper for Forest was making some decent saves as well.

01:19 I think the main story here is Forest getting their goals early in the half, they were then able to perform a low block

01:26 that was effective. Villa did create lots of openings but they weren't clinical and Unai Emery was furious

01:32 down on the touchline and rightly so as his team had the opportunity to go into the Premier League top four

01:36 with a win today. Even the draw would have moved them level with fourth place on points, just below on goal difference.

01:42 Definitely a frustrating opportunity missed but Forest did a very good job.

01:46 The atmosphere was fantastic here at the City grounds. Villa go again on Thursday as they take on AZ,

01:52 Alkmaar and the Euroconference League and then they host Fulham on Sunday in the Premier League.

01:56 me later.