Nottingham Forest vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Callum Hudson-Odoi fires late winner in top-four clash
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Manchester City: Hudson-Odoi’s late winner boosted the hosts’ Champions League hopes
Callum Hudson-Odoi scored a late winner as Nottingham Forest beat Manchester City in the Premier League to take a huge step towards securing Champions League football next season.
The winger brought down Morgan Gibbs-White’s brilliant cross-field pass and finished past Ederson at the Manchester City goalkeeper’s near post, as Forest strengthened their hold on third place in the table.
In a game of few chances, Pep Guardiola's City team came closest when Nico Gonzalez's long-range shot scraped the outside of the post, while Hudson-Odoi saw a curled effort pushed onto the post by Ederson.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are now four points clear of fourth-placed City, and seven ahead of sixth-placed Newcastle, with the top five teams in the Premier League qualifying for European football’s elite competition next season.
Follow reaction from the match in our live blog, below.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
65 mins: Foden and Savinho are going to be replaced. In his last action, Savinho finds a channel into the box but Milenkovic gets across and makes the block.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
64 mins: BLOCK! Oh that’s excellent defensive play from Khusanov, who stays patient as Gibbs-White advances and they times his block to perfection as he throws himself in front of the left-footed shot.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
62 mins: Nunes and Nico make way for City, but De Bruyne and Marmoush are next up.
Forest keep up their positive play but Elanga’s testing cross from the right goes all the way through.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
59 mins: Rico Lewis and Mateo Kovacic are coming on for City... ahead of De Bruyne and Marmoush.
Guardiola’s team have been second-best since half time.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
55 mins: Forest clear a City corner and Gibbs-White races away, but is clipped by Nunes. He was a fraction too late and earns a yellow card.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
52 mins: Elanga’s corner is headed wide by Gibbs-White at the near post. It’s been a brighter start from the hosts in the second half.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
49 mins: Wood is blown up for a foul after crashing into Khusanov while challenging for a high ball. Khusanov blinks as he gets back to his feet.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
47 mins: Chance! Great play from Elanga to get down the wing and whip in the cross. It finds Dominguez at the back post and he directs the volley back across goal. It’s great technique, but a comfortable save for Ederson. Dominguez looked to have picked up a knock but he runs it off.
Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City
46 mins: One change, of sorts, is that Doku and Savinho have swapped wings. Doku will now go up against Williams with Savinho facing Aina.
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