Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

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Follow live coverage as Manchester City face Nottingham Forest in the Premier League today.

Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.

Erling Haaland has started the campaign in outrageous form after signing from Borussia Dortmund and newly promoted Forest will be hard-pressed to stop him from adding to his tally tonight.

Forest themselves have made 18 transfers on the incoming side to entirely restructure the squad and give themselves the best chance of survival, but this will be about the most difficult fixture they face all season long.

We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League updates

• Haaland scores early on to give City the lead
• Second goal for Haaland inside 23 minutes puts hosts clear

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

Forest make three changes following their defeat to Spurs: Cook, Toffolo and Lingard drop out for Kouyate, Lodi and Freuler.

31 August 2022 19:20

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

City make two changes following their victory over Crystal Palace. De Bruyne and Mahrez make way for Gundogan and Alvarez.

31 August 2022 19:19

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

31 August 2022 19:16

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

31 August 2022 19:14

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

SUBS: Sam Surridge, Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis, Wayne Hennessey, Steve Cook, Jack Colback, Giulian Biancone, Jesse Lingard, Harry Toffolo, Taiwo Awoniyi.

31 August 2022 19:13

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

NOTTINGHAM FOREST (3-4-2-1): Dean Henderson; Joe Worrall, Cheikhou Kouyate, Scott McKenna; Neco Williams, Ryan Yates, Lewis O’Brien, Renan Lodi; Remo Freuler, Morgan Gibbs-White; Brennan Johnson.

31 August 2022 19:13

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

SUBS: Claudio Gomes, Cole Palmer, Ben Knight, Sergio Gomez, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Kevin De Bruyne, Stefan Ortega Moreno, Rico Lewis, Riyad Mahrez.

31 August 2022 19:07

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Kyle Walker, John Stones, Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo; Bernardo Silva, Rodrigo, Ilkay Gundogan; Phil Foden, Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez.

31 August 2022 19:07

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

31 August 2022 19:02

Manchester City vs Nottingham Forest

Forest, meanwhile, are 14th with four points from four games. They suffered a 2-0 defeat to Tottenham last time out and they’ll be approaching another difficult game hoping for a better result as they settle into life as a Premier League club.

31 August 2022 19:00