Despite losing one man, Manchester City defeated Nottingham Forest at home, much to the disappointment of manager Steve Cooper.
Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper was disappointed that his side were unable to take advantage of their numerical advantage against Manchester City and grab a point, reports Soccernet.ng.
Forest’s first half was a chaotic one, but it was a walk in the park for Pep Guardiola’s side. After 46 consecutive passes, Phil his Foden scored his first goal just after his 7th minute.
Coach Cooper’s team were trapped in their own half and were helpless against City’s momentum. A great combination between Kyle Walker and Bernardo Silva forced Matheus Nunez to the goal line, and the Portuguese crossed the ball to Erling Haaland who headed home City’s second goal of the afternoon. Ta.
At the beginning of the second half, Rodri received a red card for an altercation with Morgan Gibbs-White, with both teams receiving further yellow cards as the match progressed, each fighting for their club.
The Reds made some attacking changes, bringing Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odoi off the bench to take advantage of their numerical advantage, but they only had a few shots on target, while City won the game. He played a perfect game.
After the game, Steve Cooper lamented the team’s poor start. Quoted by the Nottingham Post, the Welshman said: If you think about the goals we conceded, you can see how big of a challenge it is to prepare and play the game against City here at the Etihad. “It doesn’t get any harder than this.”
The 43-year-old tactician recognized the quality and threat of Pep’s team’s weapons, but was disappointed by the passive way in which Pep’s team put the ball into the net. He added:
“If you look at City’s goal, it’s a great quality, but stylistically it’s a very typical Man City goal. It was disappointing.” We wanted it to be really difficult to do that and score. ”
Manchester City have 18 points from six games, while Nottingham Forest have only seven points from the same games and could find themselves in a dangerous situation if they don’t get a good result soon. there is.
