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Commentary
4¹SÉRGIO GÓMEZ snapped at an easy chance.
6¹FREULER charged through the Manchester City defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
11¹GIBBS-WHITE was put clear by FREULER and he pulled away from the Manchester City 'keeper but drilled his shot over the bar.
14¹GOAL!! A tackle from JIMÉNEZ gave Manchester City a free-kick twenty-five yards out which SÉRGIO GÓMEZ thundered past the Nottingham Forest 'keeper. (1-0 Manchester City)
17¹GOAL!! Showing plenty of skill ALMIRON dribbled past GODFREY and tapped the ball past the Nottingham Forest 'keeper. (2-0 Manchester City)
24¹A penalty box scramble resulted in ZINCHENKO knocking a low shot wide.
29¹GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was skillfully drove in off the post by MIKEL. (2-1 Manchester City)
31¹A tame shot from ABRAHAM trickled agonisingly wide.
33¹VOLLAND beat VERETOUT and placed the ball to JIMÉNEZ who fired his effort wide.
34¹ALMIRON made space on the left and knocked the ball to CHARLES who rasped the ball wide.
37¹SÉRGIO GÓMEZ poked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
45¹A mix up in the Nottingham Forest defence enabled SÉRGIO GÓMEZ to hammer the ball just beyond the far post.
2²MIKEL shot wide.
12²A pin-point pass was collected by MIKEL and his right foot effort went narrowly over.
13²GOAL!! Some fine work by MARTÍNEZ on the left, left SÉRGIO GÓMEZ yards clear, and he turned the Nottingham Forest 'keeper and slammed the ball over the line. (3-1 Manchester City)
22²An exceptional effort from VERETOUT scraped the outside of the righthand post.
30²A free-kick from VERETOUT flew inches wide.
31²JIMÉNEZ fired a deadly shot over the bar from close range.
35²GRAY brought the ball past GOMEZ and rattled a weak shot over.
37²A corner fell to GRAY who headed an effort over the bar.
39²A header by JIMÉNEZ at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.

 
Manchester City
 
League position: 13
Home league form: LWXL
Overall league form: LLLWLXWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Senne LAMMENS7½16½Gary WOODS
PEDRO Antonio PORRO8 26½Joe GOMEZ
Lisandro MARTÍNEZ6½37½Oleksandr ZINCHENKO
Miguel ALMIRON8½46½Morgan GIBBS-WHITE
DIEGO CARLOS Santos7 57 Ben GODFREY
Shea CHARLES6 66½Willy BOLY
(c)Riyad MAHREZ8 76 Kevin VOLLAND
SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin7½86½MIKEL Oyarzabal
(p)Tammy ABRAHAM5½96½Raúl JIMÉNEZ(p)
(f)Jordan VERETOUT7 107 Remo FREULER(c,f)
Danny INGS6½116 Anthony MARTIAL
Manager
Tommy DOYLE  12  RÚBEN Diogo NEVES
Stefan ORTEGA  13  Orel MANGALA
Demarai GRAY6 14  JORGINHO
Finley BURNS6 15  Jesse LINGARD
Benjamin MENDY  165½Giulian BIANCONE
 
Nottingham Forest
 
League position: 18
Away league form: LLWX
Overall league form: LLLLLWLX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Manchester City 3 Nottingham Forest 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 31,720, Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Referee: Thomas Drage 8)

Sérgio Gómez 14¹, Almiron 17¹, Sérgio Gómez 13²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Mikel 29¹
AbrahamóGray 10², IngsóBurns 27²FreuleróBiancone 5²
  
  
37
1417
32
33
96
129
02
57%43%
Man of the match: Miguel Almiron