It's a pivotal game at the City Ground with both Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa needing points for very different reasons.They're level at the break via a tale of two Reds' defenders.  After a

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It's a pivotal game at the City Ground with both Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa needing points for very different reasons. They're level at the break via a tale of two Reds' defenders.