Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was delighted with his players after their 4-2 win against Nottingham Forest.

Ollie Watkins, Douglas Luiz (2) and Leon Bailey struck for the Villans.

Emery said: "It was very important. We adapted well at Sheffield United and Fulham after defeats at home but we needed confidence here and a reaction. We are feeling vey comfortable and confident at Villa Park. We more or less deserved to win. We played a really fantastic match in the first half and only the first 15 minutes of the second half we had some doubts but we stayed calm and reacted well.

"We knew before the match that they could play despite our domination in the match. They have very good transitions and some pace players and they could surprise us. We were very careful about that. We didn't concede any transitions in the first half and we only conceded one corner, which they scored form. The maturity and personality we showed after their second goal was superb and then we scored and controlled the game. We have very different ways to threaten the opponent and different teams demand different things."

On Douglas Luiz and his two goals, he said: "It is very good. I am very happy. He is a key player and sometimes we need him to be focused and successful on the pitch. At the start of the second half he lost two balls in the middle of the ball but he reacted very well and he was a key player for us in the final half an hour."

On Bailey, Emery added: "He is demonstrating his ability and being more consistent. He deserves everything he is showing. We want him to carry on being more consistent."