On April 29, Beijing time, the 35th round of the English Premier League continued, and the defending champions played away against Nottingham Forest. Gvardiol opened the scoring and Erling Haaland scored off the bench as the Blues beat the underdogs to win five consecutive league games, one point behind the top of the table with a game in hand.
Pep Guardiola's starting line-up was the lone arrow Spider, wingers Jack Grealish and Doku, and Kevin De Bruyne in midfield. Forest, who were playing at home in the opening stages, played well and threatened in succession with Williams' volley saved by Ederson and Wood's header high in the box.
Blue Moon controls the rhythm of the attack, in the face of a tight defense to pass through the control is not easy, so it is more necessary to grasp the opportunity of set-pieces, sure enough, in the 32nd minute, De Bruyne corner kick cross to provide an assist, Gvardiol spiritually ran to the front point to fight for a header, this goal is very timely, the team can play more patient.
Forest continued to threaten the attack, Montel swept in front of goal at the back of the net, Wood almost missed the goal, and then the team's corner was passed into the penalty area, and Murillo was too close to be underestimated, so the pressure must be more cautious, otherwise there is a risk of surprise.
Coming back in the second half, Guardiola made lineup adjustments, goalkeeper Ederson seemed to be injured and replaced by Ortega, but the situation was not very optimistic, Forest's attack was full of threats, Elanga got rid of the cross brilliantly, and Wood in front of the goal missed another good chance, which was a waste of chance.
In the 62nd minute of the game, Haaland came off the bench to replace Grealish, the blue moon gradually stabilized the rhythm, and finally in the 71st minute, De Bruyne sent a delicate through ball in the midfield, Haaland took the ball to the penalty area to deduct the defense and push the far corner to expand the advantage, Pudding returned to the line, and the two tacitly cooperated to make full use of the space to play the effect. The remainder of the game was held firmly, with Manchester City beating Nottingham Forest 2-0 at full-time, one point behind Arsenal with a game in hand, and they only need to win all four games to win the Premier League title this season and make it four in a row.