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Manchester City moved to the top of Premier League for at least a few hours after securing a 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Saturday.
Rayan Cherki continued his fine recent form for City, setting up Tijjani Reijnders for the opening goal before scoring the winner himself after Omari Hutchinson had equalized earlier for Forest.
The result sees Pep Guardiola’s side maintain their eight-match winning run to leapfrog rivals Arsenal at the top of the table – at least temporarily – with the Gunners facing Brighton later today.
In what was an even first 45 minutes at the City Ground, the hosts created the first chance when a teasing cross from Callum Hudson-Odoi somehow eluded Igor Jesus and Morgan Gibbs-White six yards from goal.
Both Forest players appeared to be in each other’s way as the ball bounced harmlessly out of play.
The rest of the half produced very few clear openings, but the game exploded almost immediately after the restart.
A sublime reverse pass from Cherki fed Reijnders into the box and the Dutchman made no mistake, sweeping the far corner under the run of John Victor.
Cherki almost went from passer to scorer moments later, but Victor was equal to the effort, pushing away the Frenchman’s shot from a tight angle.
However, just when it looked like City might add to their score, Forest hit back after a devastating counter-attack which ended with Jesus’ chipped cross fired in by Hutchinson at the far post.
The game had suddenly opened up. Some good footwork from Phil Foden in the forest area opened up a shooting opportunity, but again Victor was on hand to push the ball away.
But there was little the Forest keeper could do to stop Cherki’s half-volley which nestled into the bottom corner eight minutes from time.
From a corner the ball fell to the increasingly influential playmaker just inside the box and he did well to keep the strike low and spark scenes of jubilation in the away camp and dugout.
