Nottingham Forest vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result and reaction after Haaland scores in victory
City remain favourites for the title while the Reds are still battling against relegation
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City will seek to keep the pressure on Arsenal in the Premier League title race when they head to Nottingham Forest on Sunday evening - and could indeed jump above the Gunners, depending on their result earlier on against Tottenham.
With Liverpool having fallen away badly in the past few weeks, it’s now very much just a two-horse race in the final stretch, with City aiming to retain their title yet again. They are in fact in the hunt for the domestic double, given they will face Man United in the FA Cup final, too.
As for Forest, it’s still all about survival and they need to focus on their football after a week of berating officials for costing them points. The fact remains that Nuno’s side are one place above the relegation zone and only a point clear of Luton - but maybe more worrisome, two points clear of Burnley who are the more in-form side.
Follow the live action below and see the Nottingham Forest vs Man City prediction and odds here.
8’ - Forest 0-0 Man City - LIVE
Selz called into action as De Bruyne checks onto his right foot and curls one in low - tipped wide by the keeper. Already City’s midfield options dominating entirely the Forest pairing of Danilo and Gibbs-White. Technical and creative they are; defensively resolute perhaps not.
4’ - Forest 0-0 Man City - LIVE
De Bruyne delivers a corner and Doku almost gets a shot away.
Grealish winds himself into the area and De Bruyne this time has a go, can’t connect properly.
Open start to the game but the wonder will be how long Forest are happy to counter if they don’t get an early chance or two - the system today suggests they’ll be looking to be hard to break down, sit in shape and frustrate the visitors.
1’ - Forest 0-0 Man City - LIVE
We are underway - and Forest almost ahead within about 20 seconds! A cross from the left finds Neco Williams running in at the far post, he catches the ball on the volley but it’s straight at a defender and deflected away to safety.
What a start that might have been.
Forest vs Man City - LIVE
Kick-off just five minutes away.
City winning here will put them back to a point behind Arsenal with a game in hand. Forest start the match one point above the drop zone so anything here is a bit of bonus breathing space.
Forest vs Man City - LIVE
Wing-backs for Forest today by the looks of things, leaving an attack-minded centre of the park. Gibbs-White and Danilo as a pairing doesn’t scream defensive resilience, if we’re honest.
Doku and Grealish both start for City, unusually, as Foden is ill.
“He’s not ready, he didn’t feel good so he’s back to Manchester,” Guardiola said of Foden.
Forest vs Man City - LIVE
Under 20 minutes to go now until Man City have their turn - they will very much be expected to win against Forest of course, but Arsenal have certainly put the pressure on to leave little margin for error.
Arsenal edge out Spurs to keep pressure on City
Over in the north London derby, Arsenal did their job to sneak through and clinch three points to keep the pressure on City. You can re-live the drama here:
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I don’t waste my time thinking about referees, says Man City boss Pep Guardiola
But Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola insists he does not “spend one second” thinking about referees as he prepares to face Nottingham Forestin the wake of their high-profile criticism of match officials.
Guardiola, who takes his title-chasing side to the City Ground on Sunday afternoon, feels being preoccupied with refereeing appointments is a waste of his time. “I go to the game and I never ever know who is the referee,” he said.“When I see their face, it’s ‘oh, I remember that face’. I never in my life talk about the referees before, during or after – never ever, ever.
“A mistake can be a mistake and we are sad, and when it’s in our favour we are lucky.”
I don’t waste my time thinking about referees, says Man City boss Pep Guardiola
City’s next opponents, Nottingham Forest, were furious not to be awarded three penalties in their last outing.
Nottingham Forest XI
It looks like Forest will play with three at the back, or more like five when City have the ball.
Nottingham Forest: Sels, Boly, Niakhate, Murillo, Williams, Danilo, Gibbs-White, Aina, Elanga, Wood, Hudson-Odoi.
Substitutes: Turner, Sangare, Toffolo, Reyna, Yates, Origi, Montiel, Omobamidele, Ribeiro.
Manchester City XI
The City team is in and Erling Haaland is on the bench! What’s more, there’s no Phil Foden, who is ill, and no Ruben Dias either. A glimmer of hope for Forest?
Manchester City: Ederson, Walker (C), Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Rodri, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Doku, Grealish, Alvarez.
Substitutes: Ortega, Carson, Stones, Kovacic, Haaland, Gomez, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis.
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