Nottingham Forest – Manchester City: Forest Smash Three To Get Three Points As City’s Woeful Form Continues (3-1)

Forest beat Man City 3-1 at the City Ground to compound Enzo Maresca’s woes. Goals from Jair and a brace from Liam Delap were enough for Forest to sink City at home and Rayan Cherki’s second half goal proved only to be a consolation. This was City’s third loss on the trot in the Premier League after a seven-match winning start to the season.

Tactical analysis and match report by Gaurav Krishnan.

On a cold November night under the lights and rain at the City Ground, Oliver Glasner’s Nottingham Forest produced their most complete and ruthless performance of the 2026/27 Premier League season to defeat Enzo Maresca’s Manchester City 3-1. The result ended Forest’s home-goal drought, secured their first home league win of the campaign, and lifted them out of the relegation zone to 16th. For City, it completed a third consecutive league defeat after an opening seven-game winning streak, leaving them six points behind league leaders Arsenal.

Entering Gameweek 10, the sides occupied opposite ends of the table. Manchester City sat second on 21 points from nine matches (seven wins, two defeats). They had opened the season with seven straight league victories before consecutive losses at Aston Villa and at home to Brighton. A midweek Champions League victory at RB Leipzig, sealed by Erling Haaland from an Elliot Anderson assist, restored some momentum, yet structural questions remained about rest defence and intensity against organised opponents.

Nottingham Forest occupied 19th place on six points. Under Glasner, who had arrived in the summer from Crystal Palace, they had managed only one league . . .