Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Nottingham Forest in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest
Another Forest corner applies more pressure to their hosts' back line, but on this occasion Buendia picks up Gibbs-White's cross and clears it away from the edge of the area.
Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest
Substitution Joseph Adrian Worrall Taiwo Micheal Awoniyi
Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest
Williams wins a corner by aiming a right-wing cross at Moreno. From the set-piece, Watkins meets Gibbs-White's cross near the penalty spot and Martinez then leaps highest to claim the ball above several waiting heads.
Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest
A perfectly-timed tackle from Worrall averts disaster for the visitors, as Ramsey pounces on the ball and drives towards goal from the left flank. He was about to let fly with a shot there, but Forest's skipper intervened.
Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest
Too eager to recover the ball from Buendia in the centre circle, Freuler wrestles his opponent to the turf and concedes a frustrating free-kick from Forest's point of view - they need to keep the ball moving and generate more momentum.
Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest
Attempting to strike for goal as the ball drops from the sky and fortuitously into his path, even in-form Watkins can't pull off such a feat and swipes his shot wide of the right-hand post by some margin.
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