Manchester Metropolis are used to difficult for Premier League and Champions League honours at this stage of the season, however there’s a very actual hazard of Pep Guardiola’s aspect lacking out on a spot in Europe’s premier membership competitors subsequent season.
They dominated possession on the Metropolis Floor and created the one alternatives of a colorless first half, however neither Erling Haaland nor Nico Gonzalez had been capable of finding a well beyond Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels.
Guardiola was rising more and more annoyed together with his crew’s lack of guile within the last third, however there was little enchancment from the guests within the second half and the closest they got here to scoring was by Mateo Kovacic in added time – eight minutes after Callum Hudson-Odoi had squeezed a shot previous Ederson to win the sport for Forest.
Metropolis can have few complaints with the end result as they slipped to a ninth league defeat of a tumultuous season – their joint-most in a single marketing campaign beneath Guardiola.
This was additionally the fifth time Metropolis have failed to attain in a top-flight sport this season – their worst tally beneath Guardiola since 2016-17.
