EPL: Why I played Ola Aina as centre-back in 2-1 win over Aston Villa – Nottingham Forest boss, Glasner

Nottingham Forest manager, Olivier Glasner, has explained wherefore helium deployed Ola Aina arsenic a centre-back during their triumph implicit Aston Villa on Saturday afternoon.

The Nigerian planetary played arsenic the left-sided centre-back successful a backmost three, contributing to Forest’s hard-fought 2-1 triumph implicit Villa astatine Villa Park.

The triumph represented Forest’s archetypal Premier League triumph of the play nether their caller manager.

In his post-match comments, Glasner clarified that the determination to presumption Aina successful the unfamiliar relation was made aft helium received updates regarding injuries sustained by the 2 cardinal defenders.

“Given the circumstances we faced yesterday, I received the results of the scans successful the evening, and abruptly some centre-backs were unavailable to play,” Glasner told Forest TV.

The erstwhile Crystal Palace manager mentioned that helium subsequently approached Aina to inquire if helium felt susceptible of adapting to the role, to which the Nigerian confidently affirmed his ability.

“I knocked connected the doors of Ola Aina and Ousmane Diomande and informed them that they would beryllium starting tomorrow in a backmost three,” helium added.

“Particularly with Ola, I needed to inquire him if helium could envision this working, and helium assu...