Alan Shearer stunned by £10m Nottingham Forest star vs Aston Villa

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Nottingham Forest were beaten 2-1 by Aston Villa on Saturday as the Reds’ run of six games unbeaten in all competitions came to an end.

Forest had won three straight games in the Premier League after beating Manchester City, Ipswich and Manchester United in succession.

The Reds are also off to Wembley to face City again after knocking Brighton out of the FA Cup to head to the national stadium for the second time in three years.

Villa are in-form though and they prepared brilliantly for their Champions League game with PSG by beating Forest 2-1 courtesy of goals from Morgan Rogers and Donyell Malan.

Jota Silva got a goal back but Forest were left to rue a number of mistakes across the pitch during the opening 45 minutes.

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Alan Shearer stunned by something Morato did vs Aston Villa

Jamie Redknapp couldn’t believe his eyes and now Shearer has agreed with his fellow pundit over the decision made by Forest defender Morato in the first half.

Starting for the first time in the Premier League since February, he was handed a tough assignment on the right of a back three.

With just 13 minutes on the clock, he inexplicably decided to adjust his shin pads with Villa taking a quick free kick and Rogers smashing home for 1-0.

Shearer bemoaned the Brazilian and said on Match of the Day: “At any level, you can not switch off, I mean, have a look at Morato here, he’s playing with his shin pads! It’s an incredible touch but you just can’t do that. You can’t switch off.”

Morato stats vs Aston Villa

In fairness to the defender he did dust himself down after this error and come back into the game a little bit.

He was, however, withdrawn with 15 minutes remaining with Forest pressing for an equaliser and Nuno Espirito Santo opting to go with a back four.

Morato needed a response after this lapse in concentration and he will desperately hope for more minutes this season to try and continue adjusting to the Premier League..

The 23-year-old learned a valuable lesson about the Premier League against Aston Villa and now he has to quickly move on from his debacle and showcase his quality in the next one.