Villa and Forest win in Europa League

Villa and Forest win in Europa League

Aston Villa beat Basel 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday to secure their eighth successive win, while Nottingham Forest won at Utrecht as Celtic suffered a heavy home defeat by Roma. Evann Guessand struck the opener for Villa in Switzerland but the hosts hit back when Flavius Daniliuc glanced Xherdan Shaqiri's flighted free-kick past a hesitant Marco Bizot. Youri Tielemans steered in the winner from just outside the area early in the second h…

Kalimuendo Makes Nottingham Forest History in Europa League Victory

Arnaud Kalimuendo has rewritten history by achieving something no player has achieved in Forest in over 40 years. He made this history after he scored a goal in their UEFA Europa League match against FC Utrecht. Softfootball reported that Forest won 2‑1 away at Utrecht where Kalimuendo opened the scoring in the second half before substitute Igor Jesus scored the late winning goal to secure three important points. Arnaud Kali after the first goal…

Arsenal loanee returns from 7-week injury in Europa League win

Arsenal loanee Oleksandr Zinchenko finally made his comeback from injury on Thursday night, playing 90 minutes for Nottingham Forest away to Utrecht.