Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo has admitted the club are struggling to find a central striker with Chris Wood and Taiwo Awoniyi both out injured and set to miss Villa.
Villa scored twice in the first 15 minutes before Jota Silva pulled one back for Forest in the second half, but the Owls missed a number of chances to equalise.
Asked whether the result would have been different had one of their forwards been fit, Santo said: “We never know. What we try to do is find a way. “
But for me, football is about strikers, you know สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน what I mean. So, we thought about Chris and you thought about – Tee – (Taiwo Awoniyi) because the way we played, the way we moved the game, we need these types of players. “
It was tough on Anthony (Elanga), Callum (Hudson-Odoi), Jota (Silva) and (Roman) Sosa to have to play in that role but it’s not the same. “
This was probably one of the matches where we created more chances. Disappointed, disappointed – not just with the chances we created and didn’t.
“I thought the way we started the game in the first half was not great, but we were a lot better in the second half. Still, the feeling is, it’s disappointing.”