On a sunny lunch in Nottingham, Manchester City were defeated 1-0 by Nottingham Forest in a huge match in the race for a place in the Champions League.
The title champions of the Premier League have never really had the opportunity to win the match, although they may have been satisfied with a point given the way Forest has played this season.
Unfortunately for City, they could not hold on, with Callum Hudson-Odoi the man who scored the only goal of the match for the forest. Morgan Gibbs-White played a sublime ball above, passing the game to the former Chelsea winger. He rolled in the city penalty box, storing at home with the nearby post for 1-0.
It was a disappointing performance of City, which, According to SofascoreDominated possession, with 69% of the ball, and also had more shots than the forest, with 14 compared to the nine of the local team. However, the Guaridola team only managed three on the target.
The result lets the city rush for a top four, and the unthinkable could occur; They may not qualify for the Champions League. Guardiola said full -time That they have “ten finals from now on” to reach the Europe Elite Club competition.
It was a difficult day for citizens, with the goalkeeper Ederson One of the players who could be particularly disappointed.
Ederson’s performance against the forest
It was really a mixed day for the goalkeeper of the first choice of City, Ederson. He made fantastic stops, especially a just after the hour bar. However, he could certainly have better dealt with the winning goal.
The impressive backup that he brought, in the 66th minute, was a brilliant step to refuse the possible Hudson-Oimoi scorer. Forest number 14 cut inside on its right foot and sent a curling effort towards the city’s objective.
Ederson made a superb backup, turning the shot on the left post with a handy to keep it at 0-0.
However, he did not exactly covered glory for the goal. Hudson-Odoi led to Josko Gvardiol after picking up the Gibbs-White balloon, and went outside on his stronger foot.
His shot, which took a slight deviation from Gvardiol, beat Ederson at the nearby post, a chance that he should probably save.
In a season that was sometimes difficult for Ederson, conceding like that in a crucial match was far from ideal. However, he was not the only player in the city to have fought on the city’s field on Saturday.
A star of the city of the man who could be finished under pep
As disappointing as Ederson was on the city of the city, it was perhaps not as bad as Matheus Nunes. The international of Portugal, who played in the right back, fought against Hudson-Odoi, who was sensational and relentless when driving the city.
Manchester Evening News journalist Simon Bajkowski gave Nunes A 5/10 note for its performance. Manchester City’s chief writer said that he “had given some unnecessary corners”, although he was full of praise for the fact that he was fighting against the injury ”.
In terms of game’s null statistics, they were somewhat disappointing. The midfielder who became Defender succeeded 58 keys and completed 88% of his passes. Defensively, he had a hard time, winning one of the plated in three and one out of six out of six.
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Nun statistics against Forest |
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Stat |
Number |
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Touch |
58 |
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Precision |
88% |
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The finished passes |
43/49 |
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Duels on the ground have won |
1/6 |
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The plasters won |
1/3 |
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Number of times lost ball |
8 |
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Statistics of Sofas |
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The right back was a slight problem for Guardiola this season. Kyle Walker looked in the shadow of her old self and now left the club on loan. Rico Lewis is talented but still inexperienced, hence the reason why he sometimes turned to Nuns to play on the right back.
With another disappointing pnnet performance, it seems that City may become trying to add depth to the right back, to provide support. Well, they were linked to Andrea Cambaso recentlyAnd he can play both sides back.
Whatever the future of bares, perhaps its days on the right rear are counted. He is a talented player, but he was exhibited there at certain times, notably by the star of Manchester United Amad in the Manchester derby in December.
How long Guardiola perseveres with bares at the right back remains to be seen, but with “ten finals” on the left this season, it could be a daring call, whatever he decides to go.
