Delap scores twice as Nottm Forest beat Man City 3-1

Liam Delap scored twice and Nottingham Forest beat Manchester City 3-1 at The City Ground. Forest moved to 2-3-5. City, now 7-0-3, lost for the first time in this record. Delap was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.4.

Forest led inside six minutes. Jair Cunha struck from the centre of the box on 6' for a 1-0 lead. Delap doubled it on 18', finishing a fast break set up by Xaver Schlager. Forest went into the break 2-0 up.

City pulled one back on 52'. Rayan Cherki hit a left-footed shot into the top left corner to make it 2-1. Delap ended the comeback hopes on 73'. Morgan Gibbs-White fed him on another fast break, and Delap put a left-footed shot into the top right corner for 3-1.

Erling Haaland took four shots for City. Murillo led Forest with 17 accurate passes and 9 defensive interventions. Chirp's Sim gave City a 44% chance before the game.