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Nottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa: Supporting cast now chipping in

Anthony Elanga is congratulated after scoring for Nottingham Forest against Aston Villa
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Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa are two of the six English clubs to be crowned European champions.

Villa have earned a long-awaited return to Europe's premier club competition and after Forest's late fightback to beat Villa, many Reds fans will be dreaming of following suit this season.

Forest are now up to fourth and Chris Wood's goals have been a big part of the team's success under Nuno Espirito Santo. Going into Saturday's game, the New Zealand striker had scored more than half of Forest's Premier League goals.

But Nikola Milenkovic followed up his first Forest goal last week with the equaliser against Villa, before substitute Anthony Elanga opened his account for the season with the winner.

If Wood's supporting cast can keep chipping in, perhaps Forest can mount a challenge for Champions League qualification.

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