Manchester City beats Nottingham Forest, 7 match streak without a win ends

Manchester, Beritasatu.com – Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest 3-0 in the Premier League continued, at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Wednesday (4/12/2024) evening or Thursday (5/12/2024) early morning WIB. Seven consecutive matches without a win ended.

The seven matches were four in the Premier League, two in the Champions League and once in the League Cup. In the League Cup, City lost 1-2 to Tottenham, while in the Champions League, Pep Guardiola’s team lost 1-4 to Sporting CP and were held to a 3-3 draw by Feyenerood.

As for the Premier League, Manchester City, who is in fourth position, ended with four defeats. Manchester City last won in the Premier League on October 26 2024 when they hosted Southampton. At that time, they won 1-0.

After that, City always lost. Facing Bournemouth, City lost 1-2 on November 2. Then, gave up with the same score when they met Brighton on November 10.

Furthermore, in front of their own supporters, on November 25, City were humiliated by Totenham 0-4. Citizens last attacked Liverpool 0-2 on Sunday (1/12/2024).

After Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest, they narrowed the points gap behind leaders Liverpool. City gained 26 points, while Liverpool 35 points.

“We need it. The club, the players, everyone needs to win,” said Guardiola.

Playing his first starring role since September, Kevin De Bruyne showed City what they had been missing by scoring a goal. Previously, De Bruyne played mostly from the bench.

The Belgian playmaker crossed for Bernardo Silva to put City ahead in the eighth minute against Nottingham Forest at the Etihad Stadium. He finished well when he swept the ball past goalkeeper Matz Sels in the 31st minute and put Man City on course for a first win in eight games.

Jeremy Doku made the score 3-0 in the 57th minute of the Man City vs Nottingham Forest match. However, it was De Bruyne’s performance that stood out after much of his season was disrupted by a groin injury.

He left the field in the 74th minute to a standing ovation from the home crowd.

“These are difficult times, but you have to accept the challenge and I think we did that well today,” said De Bruyne after Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspur.

Even though Manchester City was able to beat Nottingham Forest, Kevin De Bruyne admitted that matches in the English Premier League were getting more difficult. Therefore, Manchester City must improve their abilities as a team first. “We will see in the next few months where we are. “Hopefully, we will improve a little and get closer,” said the former Chelsea player.