Nottingham Forest has been one of the most extraordinary teams of Premier League this season who has been a total giant killer so far. They are the only team to beat Liverpool this season and that is also at Anfield. Forest is also standing on the 4th position of the Premier League with 3 points clear from 5th positioned Bournemouth.
Their manager Nuno Santo has managed teams like Tottenham Hotspurs and Wolverhampton Wanderers previously, but he could never achieve such high success before. Such success was not much expected from him.
Premier League Manager Praises Nottingham Forest and Explains Their UCL Qualification Possibilities
Present Aston Villa manager Unai Emery who is also doing a tremendous job has shared praise for Forest and discussed their UCL possibilities. Speaking with the Aston Villa website, Emery said;
“It is not changing. When I arrived here, my thoughts were that it is the most difficult league,”
“A lot of teams have capacity, with good players, good coaches and good history. Different moments for different teams.
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“Now is the moment for Nottingham Forest, but their history is a huge history in the Premier League and even in Champions League, with two wins. Bournemouth now as well, are performing very well. There are a lot of teams now getting more points than normal.
“Those points they are getting is because the quality of the teams and players is very high. The league is a very interesting league, very motivating for us, each match how we can get points and be better. Now we are sixth, we are trying to focus each match, be consistent.
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“We are feeling better at home, but away, it is completely different. It’s our challenge. Our next challenge is Newcastle away.” Concluded the Aston Villa boss.
Forest may have struggled in the recent years, but they had been true English giants previously. They had been a two times UCL winners previously (1979, 1980) and Forest qualifying for the UCL again would be really delightful. Aston Villa had been a dark horse last season and qualified for the UCL, Forest may come out as the dark horse of this season.
