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Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City Summary: Score, Stats, Goals & Highlights | Premier League 2025/26

Manchester City climbed to the Premier League summit with a 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest, with Cherki and Reijnders scoring the decisive goals, sources said.

  • The match ended with Nottingham Forest 1, Manchester City 2, after City aimed to extend their seven-match winning streak on Saturday.
  • Rayan Cherki opened the scoring with a right-footed strike to the bottom left corner, and Tijjani Reijnders scored from the centre following Cherki's through ball.
  • The match featured several bookings, with Igor Jesus penalised for handball, yellow cards shown to Rúben Dias and Elliot Anderson, and Erling Haaland caught offside.
  • The result keeps City close to Arsenal in the title race, as the fourth official added 5 minutes and Manchester City cut the gap to Arsenal to 2 points.
  • Pep Guardiola's side face suspension concerns with Gianluigi Donnarumma one booking from a ban, Nico González on four yellows, and Bernardo Silva one caution away; the back four remains set despite John Stones returning.
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What a full-ey banger: Thanks to the Sunday shot shortly after Christmas, Manchester City takes three points late in the descent candidate Nottingham Forest. Thus, the Elf of Pep Guardiola jumps to the top of the table at least at short notice.

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Pep Guardiola's team collected the three points in a hard-fought match at home to Nottingham Forest.

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Manchester City's winning streak was on the brink, but a late winner from the in-form Rayan Cherki kept the team alive. With a 2-1 win at bottom team Nottingham Forest, Manchester City have now won eight games in a row...

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The Sun broke the news in United Kingdom on Saturday, December 27, 2025.
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