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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 5 (setup 1, season 31)
Nottingham Forest
v.
Manchester City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Robbin RUITER716António Alberto Bastos Pimparel, BETO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Giovanni TROUPÉE2Ezequiel Matias SCHELOTTO
Emiliano Adrián INSÚA737GABRIEL Moisés Antunes da SILVA
Jaroslav PLASIL748Mauricio Anibal ISLA
Maynor Alexis FIGUEROA Róchez57Rodrigo ELY
Maurizio DOMIZZI76Willy BOLY
Chris BURKE78Aaron LENNON
Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves VARELA78Luca CRECCO
Jamie WARD97Glenn MURRAY
Pascal GROSS6106Giampaolo PAZZINI
Johan ELMANDER117Fernando Martin FORESTIERI
Manager
Felix PASSLACK12Francesco LODI
Sergei RYZHIKOV13Sebastian LARSSON
Daniel PINILLOS González14Antonio FLORO FLORES
Anthony STOKES15Luca CALDIROLA
Matty FRYATT16Björn VLEMINCKX

Nottingham Forest 3 Manchester City 2
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 26,240, Stadium: City Ground, Referee: Eddie ILDERTON 7½)
12 Varela, 27 Varela, 32 VarelaScorers43 Gabriel Silva, 49 Gabriel Silva
Substitutions
13 GrossSendings off
Bookings
2Corners23
8Fouls2
20Offsides6
5Shots on6
7Shots off8
12Total shots14
2Shots saved4
40%Possession60%
Man of the match: Mauricio Anibal ISLA
1ELY flicked a simple chance past the near post.
4MURRAY ran onto a great ball from CRECCO but fumbled his shot wide of the goal.
7A free-kick from BURKE went just beyond the far post.
9PLASIL booted the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
11A useful ball from DOMIZZI on the right was collected by VARELA who scuffed his effort over.
12GOAL!! The creative GROSS neatly flicked on a cross for VARELA to fire the ball in. (1-0 Nottingham Forest)
13GROSS shown the red card for a professional foul on MURRAY.
15A shot from WARD seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
20A thirty yard shot from ISLA caused the 'keeper no problem.
21TROUPÉE was put clear by FIGUEROA and he raced past BETO but struck his shot inches wide.
27GOAL!! A quick-witted VARELA pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (2-0 Nottingham Forest)
29The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Manchester City's GABRIEL SILVA.
30A shot from DOMIZZI was smothered by BETO.
32GOAL!! A great ball from BURKE left PLASIL in the clear, he made the Manchester City 'keeper commit himself before nudging the ball to VARELA to score. (3-0 Nottingham Forest)
43GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of GABRIEL SILVA who drove the ball past the helpless RUITER. (3-1 Nottingham Forest)
 
49GOAL!! A deep corner left RUITER struggling and GABRIEL SILVA tapped the ball into the net. (3-2 Nottingham Forest)
60A mix up in the Nottingham Forest defence enabled GABRIEL SILVA to crack the ball wide.
66PAZZINI floated the ball to LENNON who nodded it over.
72A cross from BURKE left PLASIL in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
75A pin-point pass was collected by MURRAY and his looping shot flew narrowly wide.
81PAZZINI headed wide.
84PLASIL beat LENNON and drove the ball to WARD who fumbled his shot wide.