TotalBound Football
Manchester City
FT
2–2
HT 1–0
Nottingham Forest
Premier League Wed 4 Mar, 19:30London Etihad Stadium, Manchester Darren England 51,965 attendance

Timeline

  1. 31' Antoine Semenyo assist Rayan Cherki
  2. 45'+1' Ibrahim Sangaré Yellow Card
  3. 56' Morgan Gibbs-White assist Igor Jesus
  4. 60' Murillo Yellow Card
  5. 62' Rodri assist Rayan Aït-Nouri
  6. 63' Nikola Milenkovic Yellow Card
  7. 63' Callum Hudson-Odoi for Nicolás Domínguez
  8. 76' Elliot Anderson assist Callum Hudson-Odoi
  9. 77' Abdukodir Khusanov for Rayan Aït-Nouri
  10. 77' Jérémy Doku for Phil Foden
  11. 79' Taiwo Awoniyi for Igor Jesus
  12. 82' Sávio for Rayan Cherki
  13. 90' Morato for Neco Williams
  14. 90' Ryan Yates for Morgan Gibbs-White
  15. 90'+4' Matz Sels Yellow Card

Match stats

69.9% Possession 30.1%
21 Shots 9
7 On target 4
10 Fouls 6
0 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 3
2 Saves 3
714 Accurate passes 269

Lineups

Manchester City 4-1-3-2
25 Donnarumma
21 Aït-Nouri 15 Guéhi 3 Dias 27 Nunes
20 Silva
10 Cherki 16 Rodri 47 Foden
42 Semenyo 9 Haaland
Nottingham Forest 5-3-2
26 Sels
3 Williams 5 Murillo 31 Milenkovic 23 Paula 34 Aina
8 Anderson 6 Sangaré 16 Domínguez
19 Jesus 10 Gibbs-White
Manchester City 4-1-3-2
  1. 25 Gianluigi Donnarumma G
  2. 15 Marc Guéhi CD-L
  3. 3 Rúben Dias CD-R
  4. 16 Rodri SW
  5. 21 Rayan Aït-Nouri ▼ LB
  6. 27 Matheus Nunes RB
  7. 20 Bernardo Silva CM
  8. 10 Rayan Cherki ▼ LM
  9. 47 Phil Foden ▼ RM
  10. 42 Antoine Semenyo CF-L
  11. 9 Erling Haaland CF-R

Came on

  1. 26 Sávio ▲
  2. 45 Abdukodir Khusanov ▲
  3. 11 Jérémy Doku ▲
Unused substitutes (6)
  1. 5 John Stones
  2. 7 Omar Marmoush
  3. 6 Nathan Aké
  4. 14 Nico González
  5. 4 Tijjani Reijnders
  6. 1 James Trafford
Nottingham Forest 5-3-2
  1. 26 Matz Sels G
  2. 31 Nikola Milenkovic CD
  3. 5 Murillo CD-L
  4. 23 Jair Paula CD-R
  5. 3 Neco Williams ▼ LB
  6. 34 Ola Aina RB
  7. 6 Ibrahim Sangaré CM
  8. 8 Elliot Anderson CM-L
  9. 16 Nicolás Domínguez ▼ CM-R
  10. 19 Igor Jesus ▼ CF-L
  11. 10 Morgan Gibbs-White ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 22 Ryan Yates ▲ SUB
  2. 4 Morato ▲ SUB
  3. 9 Taiwo Awoniyi ▲ SUB
  4. 7 Callum Hudson-Odoi ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 21 Omari Hutchinson SUB
  2. 25 Luca Netz SUB
  3. 18 Angus Gunn SUB
  4. 24 James McAtee SUB
  5. 14 Dan Ndoye SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Manchester City 2, Nottingham Forest 2.
  2. 90'+9' Second Half ends, Manchester City 2, Nottingham Forest 2.
  3. 90'+9' Attempt blocked. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  4. 90'+9' Attempt blocked. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  5. 90'+9' Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
  6. 90'+8' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Ola Aina.
  7. 90'+6' Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
  8. 90'+5' Rodri (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  9. 90'+5' Foul by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).
  10. 90'+4' Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 90'+3' Attempt missed. Rodri (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
  12. 90'+2' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Morato.
83 earlier entries
  1. 90'+1' Attempt missed. Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Elliot Anderson with a cross following a corner.
  2. 90'+1' Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
  3. 90'+1' Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
  4. 90' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Morgan Gibbs-White.
  5. 90' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Morato replaces Neco Williams.
  6. 85' Attempt missed. Marc Guéhi (Manchester City) header from very close range is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross following a corner.
  7. 85' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Neco Williams.
  8. 84' Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  9. 84' Foul by Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest).
  10. 82' Substitution, Manchester City. Savinho replaces Rayan Cherki.
  11. 82' Attempt missed. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rodri.
  12. 81' Attempt missed. Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Neco Williams following a fast break.
  13. 80' Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  14. 80' Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).
  15. 79' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Igor Jesus.
  16. 77' Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Phil Foden.
  17. 77' Substitution, Manchester City. Abdukodir Khusanov replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri.
  18. 76' Goal! Manchester City 2, Nottingham Forest 2. Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
  19. 68' Jair Cunha (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  20. 68' Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City).
  21. 64' Offside, Manchester City. Rayan Cherki is caught offside.
  22. 63' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  23. 63' Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  24. 62' Goal! Manchester City 2, Nottingham Forest 1. Rodri (Manchester City) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri with a cross following a corner.
  25. 61' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Murillo.
  26. 61' Attempt blocked. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  27. 60' Murillo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  28. 60' Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
  29. 60' Erling Haaland (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  30. 59' Attempt blocked. Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Gibbs-White.
  31. 58' Attempt blocked. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  32. 58' Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodri.
  33. 56' Goal! Manchester City 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Igor Jesus with a headed pass following a fast break.
  34. 54' Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  35. 54' Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City).
  36. 52' Attempt missed. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
  37. 50' Attempt blocked. Rodri (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a cross.
  38. 49' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Matz Sels.
  39. 49' Attempt saved. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest). Assisted by Rúben Dias.
  40. 45' Second Half begins Manchester City 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
  41. 45'+4' First Half ends, Manchester City 1, Nottingham Forest 0.
  42. 45'+1' Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  43. 45'+1' Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  44. 45' Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  45. 45' Foul by Ibrahim Sangaré (Nottingham Forest).
  46. 43' Attempt missed. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Phil Foden with a through ball.
  47. 42' Foul by Matheus Nunes (Manchester City).
  48. 42' Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  49. 39' Handball by Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).
  50. 38' Offside, Nottingham Forest. Igor Jesus is caught offside.
  51. 37' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  52. 35' Delay in match because of an injury Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest).
  53. 34' Offside, Nottingham Forest. Neco Williams is caught offside.
  54. 34' Attempt saved. Igor Jesus (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City). Assisted by Ibrahim Sangaré.
  55. 32' Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  56. 32' Foul by Marc Guéhi (Manchester City).
  57. 31' Goal! Manchester City 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  58. 29' Ola Aina (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  59. 29' Foul by Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City).
  60. 29' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  61. 29' Delay in match (Manchester City).
  62. 28' Foul by Rayan Cherki (Manchester City).
  63. 28' Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  64. 26' Attempt saved. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City). Assisted by Nicolás Domínguez.
  65. 25' Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  66. 25' Foul by Erling Haaland (Manchester City).
  67. 23' Attempt saved. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest). Assisted by Matheus Nunes.
  68. 23' Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
  69. 22' Attempt missed. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Matheus Nunes.
  70. 19' Attempt saved. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest). Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
  71. 17' Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  72. 17' Foul by Rodri (Manchester City).
  73. 15' Offside, Nottingham Forest. Neco Williams is caught offside.
  74. 14' Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Ola Aina.
  75. 12' Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  76. 12' Foul by Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest).
  77. 10' Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  78. 10' Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Manchester City).
  79. 7' Attempt missed. Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Phil Foden.
  80. 1' Attempt blocked. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  81. 1' Attempt blocked. Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  82. First Half begins.
  83. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Manchester City W W W W W

  • W at Liverpool 2-1 Premier League
  • W Fulham 3-0 Premier League
  • W Salford City 2-0 English FA Cup
  • W Newcastle United 2-1 Premier League
  • W at Leeds United 1-0 Premier League

Nottingham Forest L L L W D

  • D Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Premier League
  • W at Fenerbahçe 3-0 UEFA Europa League
  • L Liverpool 1-0 Premier League
  • L Fenerbahçe 2-1 UEFA Europa League
  • L at Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Premier League

Head to head

MNC leads series 4-1

  • 27 Dec 2025 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Manchester City 2025-26 English Premier League
  • 27 Apr 2025 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Manchester City 2024-25 English FA Cup
  • 8 Mar 2025 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Manchester City 2024-25 English Premier League
  • 4 Dec 2024 Manchester City 3–0 Nottingham Forest 2024-25 English Premier League
  • 28 Apr 2024 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Manchester City 2023-24 English Premier League

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