Forest draw dents Man City title hopes


Bernardo Silva scores for Manchester City
Silva’s goal was his third of the season but first since August

Manchester City missed the opportunity to return to the top of the Premier League as Chris Wood’s late goal earned Nottingham Forest a point at the City Ground.

Bernardo Silva’s rocket from 20 yards out opened the scoring after 41 minutes and the visitors missed chances in abundance to put the game to bed.

Erling Haaland’s volleyed against the crossbar and ballooned the rebound over the top after Aymeric Laporte’s header was brilliantly saved by Forest keeper Keylor Navas.

Morgan Gibbs-White’s fizzed cross was tapped in at the far post in the 84th minute for Wood’s first Forest goal.

The draw extended Forest’s unbeaten home run to eight games and dealt a blow to City’s title hopes after Arsenal returned to the top with a 4-2 comeback win against Aston Villa earlier on Saturday.

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Nottingham Forest

  1. Squad number12Player nameNavas

  2. Squad number24Player nameAurier

  3. Squad number4Player nameWorrall

  4. Squad number38Player nameFelipe

  5. Squad number32Player nameRenan Lodi

  6. Squad number23Player nameFreuler

  7. Squad number6Player nameShelvey

  8. Squad number8Player nameColback

  9. Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White

  10. Squad number28Player nameDanilo

  11. Squad number20Player nameJohnson

  1. Squad number5Player nameMangala

  2. Squad number7Player nameN Williams

  3. Squad number15Player nameToffolo

  4. Squad number34Player nameA Ayew

  5. Squad number39Player nameWood

Manchester City

  1. Squad number6Player nameAké
  2. Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez

Line-ups

Nottm Forest

Formation 4-3-2-1

  • 12Navas
  • 24AurierSubstituted forWoodat 79′minutes
  • 4WorrallBooked at 14mins
  • 38Felipe
  • 32LodiSubstituted forToffoloat 79′minutes
  • 23Freuler
  • 6ShelveySubstituted forMangalaat 72′minutes
  • 8ColbackSubstituted forN Williamsat 58′minutes
  • 10Gibbs-White
  • 28dos Santos de OliveiraSubstituted forA Ayewat 58′minutes
  • 20Johnson

Substitutes

  • 5Mangala
  • 7N Williams
  • 13Hennessey
  • 15Toffolo
  • 16Surridge
  • 25Dennis
  • 31Furtado Scarpa
  • 34A Ayew
  • 39Wood

Man City

Formation 3-2-4-1

  • 31Ederson
  • 14Laporte
  • 3Rúben Dias
  • 2Walker
  • 20Bernardo Silva
  • 16Rodri
  • 8Gündogan
  • 17De BruyneSubstituted forÁlvarezat 88′minutes
  • 47FodenSubstituted forAkéat 89′minutes
  • 9Haaland
  • 10Grealish

Substitutes

  • 4Phillips
  • 6Aké
  • 18Ortega
  • 19Álvarez
  • 21Gómez
  • 25Akanji
  • 26Mahrez
  • 80Palmer
  • 82Lewis

Referee:
Graham Scott

Attendance:
29,365

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