Manchester City began March with a 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest that halted a six-game winning run and left Arsenal seven points clear with City holding a game in hand. The match at the Etihad Stadium produced a sequence of swings in the second half.<\/p>\n
Antoine Semenyo opened the scoring after being picked out by Rayan Cherki, the Ghana international virtually unmarked about 10 yards out and guiding the ball with the inside of his foot into the net. Nottingham Forest then produced an unexpected equalizer when Morgan Gibbs-White backheeled a goal after R\u00faben Dias failed to close his legs near the goal.<\/p>\n
Rodri restored the lead just past the hour mark, heading City back in front, but the advantage lasted only until England starter Elliot Anderson produced a brilliant long-range finish to level the match again. Phil Foden was singled out for his role in the build-up to Anderson\u2019s goal, with the report noting he was lackadaisical in defensive duties and remained static as Anderson struck.<\/p>\n
The game left points shared and questions over City\u2019s defensive focus at key moments. Individual ratings reflected mixed performances: Gianluigi Donnarumma 5.7, Matheus Nunes 6.7, R\u00faben Dias 6.9, Marc Gu\u00e9hi 6.9, Rayan A\u00eft-Nouri 8.1, Rodri 8.3, Phil Foden 7.6, Bernardo Silva (captain) 8.2, Rayan Cherki 8.2, Erling Haaland 6.3 and Antoine Semenyo 7.9. Substitutes included J\u00e9r\u00e9my Doku (77′ for Foden) 6.7, Abdukodir Khusanov (77′ for A\u00eft-Nouri) 6.1 and Savinho (82′ for Cherki) N\/A. Unused subs were James Trafford, John Stones, Nathan Ak\u00e9, Nico Gonz\u00e1lez, Tijjani Reijnders and Omar Marmoush.<\/p>\n
Match statistics underlined City\u2019s dominance in possession and chance creation: possession 70% to 30%, expected goals 2.02 to 0.97, total shots 21 to 9, shots on target 7 to 4, big chances 5 to 2 and passing accuracy 92% to 82%. Fouls were 10 for City and 6 for Forest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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