Erling Haaland: ‘It’s good to be back’
First of all, important win. That’s the most important. It doesn’t matter how we do it. It’s about winning. And yeah, it’s good to be back.
Yeah, we know where they are at the table, so we knew it was going to be a fight with it’s not the easiest pitch to play on, but we can’t complain about these things. It’s about winning a football game, and that’s exactly what we did. So three points, Get in, shower. Think of the next one.
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Micah Richards: ‘It’s about moments’
It’s about moments. They took their goal before and then it was bringing on this man (Erling) Haaland. I thought his all-round play today was excellent. Obviously, took his goal really well.
There are times when you’re going for a league where you’re not at your best, but in terms of getting over the line and the pivotal moments, (you need to) get the job done. That’s exactly what they’ve done today
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FULL-TIME: Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City
FIVE added minutes
SUBSTITUTION: Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City
WHAT A SAVE! Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City
SUBSTITUTION: Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City
What a beautiful goal that was. Chris Wood has made goal-scoring look really hard today. Erling Haaland just made it look easy. That has largely been the difference.
SUBSTITUTIONS: Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City
GOAL!!! Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City (Haaland 71′)
GOOD SAVE! Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
Guardiola is really wearing this. Pacing up and down, on his haunches every time Forest go forward. Not an easy afternoon for City, who have been below par again.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
SUBSTITUTION: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
There is something not right about City at all and Forest are threatening to take advantage.
Chris Wood has missed another sitter with the danger once again coming down the Forest left. City right-back Kyle Walker is not having a terribly good game….
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
WHAT A BLOCK! Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
SECOND HALF: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
WATCH: Gvardiol heads City in front
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‘This is about as unimpressive City ever look ‘
This is about as unimpressive City ever look and they are still winning at half-time with their goalkeeper yet to make a save.
That does not tell the whole story, admittedly. Forest have made life uncomfortable for the City defence when they have delivered arial balls and they have – through Wood and Murillo – missed two very good chances.
HALF-TIME: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
SO CLOSE! Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
FOUR added minutes
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
This is the 3-4-3 system that brought Nuno some success against City during his time at Wolves and it has worked today, with wing-backs Neco Williams – before he went off injured – and Ola Aina lively. But Forest’s Achilles heel has undone them again. That was the 23rd goal they have conceded from a set piece in the league this term.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
SITTER! Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
You can’t afford to give bad goals away against the best teams. At the very least you have to make them earn them.
Nice near post header from Gvardiol to give City the lead from a corner but he was able to run off Gibbs-White and across Murillo far too easily to meet the ball first.
SUBSTITUTION: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
GOAL!!! Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City (Gvardiol 32′)
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
CLOSE! Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
Opportunity knocks for Forest here as City are not at their best so far. No fluency to their play in the final third. Too many poorly weighted or poorly judged passes.
Can Forest cause them a genuine threat up front though? They will need to as City will score at some point today. They just will…
OUCH! Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
GOOD SAVE! Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
GOOD SAVE! Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo said before this game that nobody will blame external factors if his team go down.
Nice words but that’s exactly what Forest have been doing for as long as I can remember. The fact is that a couple of wins would get Forest out of this mess but under Nuno, they have only managed two this calendar year.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
KICK-OFF: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
‘Unlikely City will be fazed’
So the gauntlet is thrown down by Arsenal but it’s unlikely City will be fazed. The fact is that Pep Guardiola’s tea, need to beat Forest, Wolves, Fulham, Spurs, and West Ham in order to be champions for the fourth consecutive year. I will be very surprised if they don’t do it.
Kick-off approaching
Late switch-up!
Phil Foden ruled out through illness
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Forest can take a HUGE step towards safety today
HT: Tottenham 0-3 Arsenal
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FULL-TIME: Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City
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GOAL!!! Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City (Haaland 71′)
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SECOND HALF: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
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HALF-TIME: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City
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GOAL!!! Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City (Gvardiol 32′)
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KICK-OFF: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
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