English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 27, 2025
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Nottingham Forest WLWWL 1
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Match Report

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Rayan Cherki winner helps Man City edge Forest

Rayan Cherki chose a good time to end his Premier League drought as his late strike earned Manchester City a vital 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
5
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
3
66
Possession
34
16
SHOTS
7
5
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
536
Accurate Passes
219
595
Passes
293
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.2
32
Long Balls
67
15
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
12
14
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
4
Interceptions
8
37
Effective Clearances
22
37
Clearances
22

Highlights

02:08 Is Rayan Cherki becoming Man City's key playmaker? Watch on ESPN 02:16 Michallik: Man City's title 'know-how' makes them favourites Watch on ESPN 00:56 Guardiola on Cherki: Sometimes I want to kiss him, other times shout at him Watch on ESPN 01:06 Guardiola: Tense win over Forest helped me shed Christmas weight Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-1

Lineups

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13John VictorG
  2. 5MurilloCD-L
  3. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 3Neco WilliamsLB
  5. 37Nicolò SavonaRB
  6. 10Morgan Gibbs-WhiteAM
  7. 16Nicolás DomínguezLM
  8. 8Elliot AndersonRM
  9. 19Igor JesusF
  10. 7Callum Hudson-OdoiAM-L
  11. 21Omari HutchinsonAM-R

MNC · 4-3-2-1

  1. 25Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 24Josko GvardiolCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 33Nico O'ReillyLB
  5. 27Matheus NunesRB
  6. 14Nico GonzálezCM
  7. 4Tijjani ReijndersCM-L
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaCM-R
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 47Phil FodenCF-L
  11. 10Rayan CherkiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 36' Rúben Dias (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 43' Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 48' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 1. Tijjani Reijnders (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a through ball.
  4. 54' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Manchester City 1. Omari Hutchinson (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Igor Jesus.
  5. 59' Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 73' Substitution, Manchester City. Savinho replaces Tijjani Reijnders.
  7. 83' Goal! Nottingham Forest 1, Manchester City 2. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol with a headed pass following a corner.
  8. 87' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
  9. 89' Substitution, Manchester City. Nathan Aké replaces Rayan Cherki.
  10. 90'+2' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dilane Bakwa replaces Callum Hudson-Odoi.

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