Nottingham Forest vs Man City LIVE: Premier League score and goal updates today

De Bruyne delivers a corner and Doku almost gets a shot away.

Grealish winds himself into the area and De Bruyne this time has a go, can’t connect properly.

Open start to the game but the wonder will be how long Forest are happy to counter if they don’t get an early chance or two – the system today suggests they’ll be looking to be hard to break down, sit in shape and frustrate the visitors.

We are underway – and Forest almost ahead within about 20 seconds! A cross from the left finds Neco Williams running in at the far post, he catches the ball on the volley but it’s straight at a defender and deflected away to safety.

What a start that might have been.

Kick-off just five minutes away.

City winning here will put them back to a point behind Arsenal with a game in hand. Forest start the match one point above the drop zone so anything here is a bit of bonus breathing space.

Wing-backs for Forest today by the looks of things, leaving an attack-minded centre of the park. Gibbs-White and Danilo as a pairing doesn’t scream defensive resilience, if we’re honest.

Doku and Grealish both start for City, unusually, as Foden is ill.

“He’s not ready, he didn’t feel good so he’s back to Manchester,” Guardiola said of Foden.

Under 20 minutes to go now until Man City have their turn – they will very much be expected to win against Forest of course, but Arsenal have certainly put the pressure on to leave little margin for error.

Over in the north London derby, Arsenal did their job to sneak through and clinch three points to keep the pressure on City. You can re-live the drama here:

But Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola insists he does not “spend one second” thinking about referees as he prepares to face Nottingham Forestin the wake of their high-profile criticism of match officials.

Guardiola, who takes his title-chasing side to the City Ground on Sunday afternoon, feels being preoccupied with refereeing appointments is a waste of his time. “I go to the game and I never ever know who is the referee,” he said.“When I see their face, it’s ‘oh, I remember that face’. I never in my life talk about the referees before, during or after – never ever, ever.

“A mistake can be a mistake and we are sad, and when it’s in our favour we are lucky.”

It looks like Forest will play with three at the back, or more like five when City have the ball.

Nottingham Forest: Sels, Boly, Niakhate, Murillo, Williams, Danilo, Gibbs-White, Aina, Elanga, Wood, Hudson-Odoi.

Substitutes: Turner, Sangare, Toffolo, Reyna, Yates, Origi, Montiel, Omobamidele, Ribeiro.

The City team is in and Erling Haaland is on the bench! What’s more, there’s no Phil Foden, who is ill, and no Ruben Dias either. A glimmer of hope for Forest?

Manchester City: Ederson, Walker (C), Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Rodri, Bernardo, De Bruyne, Doku, Grealish, Alvarez.

Substitutes: Ortega, Carson, Stones, Kovacic, Haaland, Gomez, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis.

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