Villa were below their best as they lost for the first time in six games.
Aston Villa boss Unai Emery knows his side missed the opportunity to show they can be contenders at the top end of the Premier League after going down 2-0 at Nottingham Forest.
“Today was a key moment, if we could really be a contender to be in the top seven teams and we lost the opportunity,” Emery said. “I believe in the players, I know they can but we have to be very demanding. We can’t concede chances like we did today.“The key moment in 38 matches is every match.
Emery added: “We are human and we can make a mistake. I never punish the mistakes of the players because I want to try to get the confidence of everybody, practising, trying to do everything well and when we are facing other teams we have to be better than them.Forest won for the first time since September 2 with an impressive performance where boss Steve Cooper won the tactical battle against Emery.Cooper said: “The players massively followed the game plan.
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