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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 32 (setup 1, season 30)
Manchester City
v.
Nottingham Forest
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Marco AMELIA717Sergei RYZHIKOV
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Mauricio Anibal ISLA727Giovanni TROUPÉE
Stephen WARD736Emiliano Adrián INSÚA
Sebastian LARSSON747Cristian Daniel LEDESMA
Luca CALDIROLA5Maurizio DOMIZZI
Rodrigo ELY76Paul McSHANE
Ezequiel Matias SCHELOTTO77Chris BURKE
Luca CRECCO787Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves VARELA
Glenn MURRAY79Matty FRYATT
Giampaolo PAZZINI6106Anthony STOKES
Antonio FLORO FLORES7116Jamie WARD
Manager
Aaron LENNON12Maynor Alexis FIGUEROA Róchez
Paul ROBINSON13Wesley FODERINGHAM
Francesco LODI14
Fernando Martin FORESTIERI15Daniel PINILLOS González
Jonathan DOUGLAS166Felix PASSLACK

Manchester City 2 Nottingham Forest 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 20,447, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Steve BRATT 5)
23 Crecco, 90 WardScorers76 Varela
Substitutions75 Domizzi <=> Passlack
Sendings off
19 SchelottoBookings41 Ward, 58 Insúa, 59 Ryzhikov
1Corners2
6Fouls17
5Offsides4
11Shots on5
8Shots off6
19Total shots11
9Shots saved4
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Giovanni TROUPÉE
4A cross from LEDESMA left BURKE in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
6A header by ELY at the far post was comfortably collected by the Nottingham Forest 'keeper.
7An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the 'keeper by MURRAY.
18MURRAY drove a looping shot over the bar from just outside the area.
19A clinical challenge gets SCHELOTTO a yellow card.
23GOAL!! A great shot from SCHELOTTO was punched clear by the 'keeper only as far as CRECCO who slammed the ball past the stranded RYZHIKOV. (1-0 Manchester City)
34A shot from WARD was kicked off the line by ISLA.
37A strike from CALDIROLA held no problem for the Nottingham Forest 'keeper.
41WARD receives a yellow card by the referee.
 
55A pin-point pass was collected by VARELA and his looping shot flew narrowly over.
56BURKE touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Manchester City 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
58The ref yellow cards INSÚA for a late tackle.
59RYZHIKOV booked for a high challenge.
65CRECCO was put clear by SCHELOTTO and he beat the Nottingham Forest 'keeper but drilled his shot just beyond the near post.
69VARELA charged through the Manchester City defence but shot straight at AMELIA.
71WARD headed over the bar.
73The hapless AMELIA was all agog as a backpass from CALDIROLA dropped just over.
76GOAL!! An energetic FRYATT ran down the left wing and dragged the ball back for VARELA to fire home. (1-1)
77A wonderful save prevented MURRAY from scoring a good goal.
83RYZHIKOV was able to claw away a powerful effort.
86A weak shot from ISLA rolled agonisingly wide.
90GOAL!! A great solo effort from WARD who beat two defenders before rocketing the ball in off the post. (2-1 Manchester City)