After the contest finished 2-2 over the two legs, Forest maintained a 100 per cent record from the penalty spot while the home side missed their efforts to secure the Reds' progress.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Forest started on the front foot with Dilane Bakwa driving the ball just over the bar in the early exchanges before Yates was denied by El\u00edas \u00d3lafsson from close range from a Bakwa corner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With the pressure constant from the Reds, Lorenzo Lucca was kept out by \u00d3lafsson as the first half entered the halfway point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The chances began to heat up for Forest, with Yates clipping the crossbar before Morato was denied by Philip Billing on the line. Lucca then fired over the bar when well-positioned just after the half-hour mark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With the pressure non-stop from the Reds, Yates cutely headed the ball just wide from Omari Hutchinson\u2019s cross soon after. As the first half drew to a close, McAtee brought another save out of Olafsson from range.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With four minutes remaining of the opening 45, the Reds had the breakthrough their play in the first half deserved through Dominguez. Nikola Milenkovic headed the ball into the Argentinian midfielder\u2019s path to loop the ball into the net, to send Forest ahead and level in the tie.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, Aston Villa progressed to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League courtesy of a 2-0 second leg victory over LOSC Lille, sealing a 3-0 aggregate success.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Captain John McGinn\u2019s low strike in the 54th minute opened the scoring at Villa Park, converting Jadon Sancho\u2019s ball across the box having been sent clear by a superb throughball from Emi Martinez, who quickly set the hosts on the counter-attack after saving well from Nabil Bentaleb\u2019s fierce free-kick.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
McGinn\u2019s goal was his ninth for Villa in major European competition, equalling Peter Withe\u2019s club record.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sancho struck a post in the second half before substitute Leon Bailey, 99 seconds after stepping off the bench, registered his maiden Villa goal of the season late on to settle the Round of 16 tie.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
McGinn\u2019s goal was his ninth for Villa in major European competition, equalling Peter Withe\u2019s club record.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Villans\u2019 seventh consecutive Europa League victory sets up a meeting with either AS Roma or Bologna in the last eight next month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n