Nottingham Forest edged Aston Villa in a closely fought first leg of their Europa League semi-final and will take a one-goal lead to Villa Park next week. A tense but goalless first half was dominated by fine goalkeeping performances, with Emi Martinez making a superb double save from Igor Jesus from right on the goalline. And neither side looked likely to score in the second - until Lucas Digne was penalised for handball as he flung an arm up when duelling with Omari Hutchinson at the byline. The Forest player did well to hook a cross that looked destined to go out back into the box, knocking it off Digne’s arm in the process, and after a lengthy VAR check Forest were awarded the penalty. Chris Wood smashed a sublime spot-kick into the top corner and although Forest pressed for another, and Villa spurned chances of their own, Vitor Pereira ’s men came out on top with a 1-0 victory at a bouncing City Ground.…