Manchester City, outnumbered, continued their points harvest on Saturday against Nottingham Forest (2-0), a sixth victory in six matches which increases the pressure on Tottenham and Arsenal, their pursuers who face each other on Sunday at the Emirates.
The reigning English champion widened the gap in the standings thanks to a beautiful volley from Phil Foden (7th, 1-0) and a smashed header from Erling Haaland (14th, 2-0), before making the back round during a second period played entirely ten against eleven.
The Citizens’ perfect control was undermined by an unusual and rather incomprehensible gesture of humor from Rodri against Morgan Gibbs-White (46th), less than 30 seconds after the restart.
The Spanish midfielder, scorer in the final won in the Champions League against Inter Milan, will be suspended next weekend against Wolverhampton. Above all, in the event of an aggravated sanction, he risks missing the following clash against Arsenal.
In the meantime, Manchester City is five points ahead of Arsenal (4th, 13 pts) and Tottenham (2nd), opposed on Sunday during the highly anticipated “North London Derby”, and over Liverpool (3rd), another team thirteen points ahead. to receive West Ham (6th).
This mattress was acquired on Saturday without Mateo Kovacic, Kevin De Bruyne or Bernardo Silva on the side. But substitutes Matheus Nunes, Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez offer better than a plan B.
Starting for the first time with City in the league, Nunes, for example, served Haaland to allow the Norwegian to score his eighth goal in six Premier League matches. The N.9 has 44 goals in 41 matches on the clock, including last season.