In the early morning of April 29, Beijing time, the 35th round of the English Premier League continued, and Nottingham Forest sat at home to face Manchester City.
Manchester City, with a total value of 1.25 billion, has maintained a 30-game unbeaten run in all competitions (penalty shootouts are not counted). In the league, Manchester City have won 4 in a row, with 14 wins and 4 draws in the last 18 rounds, which is quite strong.
Nottingham Forest lost 2-0 to Everton in the last round, and the referee suspected that Forest had missed three penalties. Forest have won just one of their last nine league games and are 17th in the table, just one point ahead of Luton Town in the relegation zone.
After the opening, Forest coach Nuno's line-up paid off. In order to deal with Doku and Manchester City's speed, Forest's starters fielded a number of speed players, which did a good job of suppressing City's attack.
In the first 30 minutes of the first half, Manchester City had more than 70 per cent possession, but there were no decent chances, and the expected goals of both teams combined were only 0.41, which was enough to see the dullness of the game.
In the 32nd minute, Grealish's breakthrough created a corner, De Bruyne was extremely fast, and Gvardiol beat Murillo to score with a header.
De Bruyne has provided 14 assists in 21 games this season, the joint-most player in the Premier League with Bukayo Saka. In addition, Tintin has made 11 Premier League starts this season and provided seven assists, tying Phil Foden and B.
Gvardiol has scored a lot of luck recently, and in the last 5 games, the 100 million sword guard has scored 3 goals and 1 assist, and he is in full form.
Six minutes later, Nottingham Forest had a great chance of equalising, but big centre-forward Wood flanked in front of goal and cleared it unguarded. Wood covered his head with his hands, also feeling quite regretful.
In the final moments of the first half, Nottingham Forest had a chance to save and Murillo fired his back shot high with his back.
In the first half of the game, Manchester City "escaped two catastrophes" and temporarily led 1-0. City came close to conceding again at the start of the second half, and this time, the Blues had to thank Wood.
Anthony Elanga got past Walker and delivered a nanny-quality cross that Wood fired from close range and was cleared by Gvardiol.
City also had a chance to extend their lead, and in the 62nd minute, De Bruyne's pass was brilliant and Alvarez's adjusted shot went high.
In the 70th minute, Manchester City finally sealed the win, De Bruyne provided the second assist of the game, and he also enjoyed the Premier League player's assist title, and Haaland, who returned from injury, was in one fell swoop.
Haaland, who came on in the second half, scored his 21st goal in the league and temporarily enjoyed the position of top scorer.
In the end, Manchester City won 2-0 against relegation-seeking Nottingham Forest. After this game, Manchester City continues to trail Arsenal by 1 point, one less game than Arsenal, and the Premier League title race is still full of suspense.
It is worth noting that Manchester City have been unbeaten in 31 games in all competitions (penalty shootouts do not count) and are unstoppable with 15 wins and four draws in the last 19 league games.