Man City 3-0 Nottingham: De Bruyne & Silva score, City end 7-game winless run

Regular service resumed at the Eithad Stadium as Manchester City arrested their recent slump by thumping Nottingham Forest 3-0.

Match Event

Kevin De Bruyne - left out of the starting XI for the defeat to Liverpool last weekend - was the instigator of everything good about City's free-flowing attacking play, crafting the first goal and scoring the second.

The hosts worked the opener from wide, as under-fire Ilkay Gundogan floated into space before dinking a cross towards the head of De Bruyne, who worked the ball onto the foot of Bernardo Silva for a simple tap-in.

If City were devoid of confidence, on a baron run of four straight league defeats, it did not show. Chris Wood missed at one end, before Jeremy Doku punished at the other, ghosting into the box to tee up De Bruyne as he swept beyond Matz Sels.Forest were facing a backlash, and the pattern continued after the break. Erling Haaland powered upfield before playing a perfectly-weighted pass into the path of Doku to score his first goal since October and wrap up three crucial points as City reduced the gap to leaders Liverpool to nine points.

0' The match is about to start!

5' First chance as De Bruyne crosses and Haaland's first-time effort parried away

8' De Bruyne heads towards goal and Silva pokes it! Man City 1-0 Nottingham Forest

15' Silva crosses and it's over Haaland but not Gvardiol, who heads wide

17' Gibbs-White's first-time strike from near the penalty spot is saved by Ortega

21' Gvardiol runs onto Erling Haaland's through ball but then slots wide

25' Highlight from Man City vs Nottingham Forest

29' Chris Wood has missed a HUGE chance after De Bruyne makes a mistake

32' KDB doubles the lead with a beautiful strike! Man City 2-0 Nottingham Forest

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38' Elanga tries to curl it inside the far post but doesn't get enough bend on it

39' Nicolas Dominguez has a shot blocked by Jack Grealish

46' Forest defender Dominguez lunges in on Haaland from behind and gets booked

46' Kyle Walker replaces Manuel Akanji at the back for Manchester City

50' Gundogan fouls Morgan Gibbs-White to stop a Forest counter and gets booked

55' Murillo, seconds after having that good shot, chops down Haaland and gets booked

57' Doku cuts inside before curling a beauty into the net! Man City 3-0 Forest

58' Grealish shoved over by hairalike Jota Silva for a free-kick in shooting rang

60' Gundogan stops it dead for De Bruyne to shoot which is just wide

65' Highlight from Man City vs Nottingham Forest

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72' Highlight from Man City vs Nottingham Forest

75' Man City replace Kevin de Bruyne with Rico Lewis

83' Highlight from Man City vs Nottingham Forest

89' Nathan Ake goes down injured for City

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Line-ups

Man City XI: Gundogan, De Bruyne, Stefan Ortega, Ake, Grealish, Ruben Dias, Bernardo, Akanji, Haaland, Jérémy Doku, Josko Gvardiol

Subs: Carson, Walker, Ederson, Matheus Nunes, James McAtee, Rico Lewis, Savinho, Nico O'Reilly, Jacob Wright

Nottingham Forest XI: Wood, Sels, Álex Moreno, Aina, Milenkovic, Gibbs-White, Ryan Yates, Dominguez, Jota Silva, Anthony Elanga, Murillo

Subs: Ward-Prowse, Taiwo Awoniyi, Elliot Anderson, Hudson-Odoi, Neco Williams, Carlos Miguel, Morato, Ramón Sosa, Eric da Silva Moreira