Nottingham Forest lost 2-1 to Aston Villa, with head coach Nuno Espirito Santo noting that their first-half performance was detrimental. Villa scored two early goals, leading to Forest struggling defensively. In the second half, Forest improved, featuring a goal from Jota Silva, but ultimately failed to capitalize on opportunities. Both Santo and player Neco Williams expressed frustration over their slow start but acknowledged the positives from the second half. Conversely, Aston Villa's coach Unai Emery praised his team's initial dominance, though he expressed disappointment at their decrease in performance in the latter half.
The first half was not good; we were not organised. The second half was different, we had chances but couldn't score. It was frustrating.
We created many chances in the second half, but it's the goals you need and unfortunately, we just couldn't get them.
We started dominating; they were playing tactically a medium-low block. Our first half performance was strong, but we dropped off in the second.
It’s always easy when you are in a good moment; now is not so good and it requires a bit of patience.
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