Manchester City suffers third defeat in a row and sees Arsenal further away

O Manchester City today counted the third consecutive defeat in the English Football League, losing with Nottingham Forest, 3-1, in departure from the 10th round, and is six points away from the leader of the race, the Arsenal.

Pressed by the home triumph of the ‘gunners’ in front of Hull City (1-0), today, the team trained by Italian Enzo Maresca went badly into the challenge and reached the break to lose by 2-0, after the goals of the Brazilian defense Jair Cunha, at six minutes, and Liam Delap, advanced in Manchester emblem, at 18 minutes.

After the entrances of Nico O’Reilly and the Portuguese international Matheus Nunes to the range, the ‘cityzens’ reduced to 52 minutes, a Cherki kick to the top right, and continued to play in the vicinity of the ‘forest’ area in search of equality.

The set trained by the Austrian Oliver Glasner took advantage of the risks assumed by the opponent to sentence the game in a counterattack finalized by Liam Delap, who ‘bisou’ with a cross shot to the upper left angle, to still table on the pole, for the gaudio of most fans present in the City Ground.

Defeated in Nottingham, like what had happened on the Aston Villa (2-1) grounds and with Brighton at home, Manchester City holds second place to the condition, with 21 points less six than the Arsenal, and can be overcome by Brighton, third, with 19, who receives Brentford on Sunday.

Already the ‘tricky trees’ closed a series of five journeys without triumphs and rose to the 16th place of the table, with nine points, relegating to the demotion zone Manchester United, of the Portuguese international Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot, which now occupies the 18th position, with seven points, before receiving the Aston Villa, on Sunday.

At the other meetings of the day, Martin Odegaard's single goal at 72 minutes was worth the champion's triumph in Arsenal title, now more leader, over Hull City, 13th ranked with 11 points, while Fulham and Newcastle tied 1-1 and Leeds defeated Tottenham by 1–0.

The Swiss Noah Okafor sealed, at 79 minutes, the triumph of the eighth-rate host formation with 14 points, and ended the cycle of three consecutive victories of the Portuguese international team Mateus Fernandes, which occupies the 10th position, with 12.

The goals at the meeting played in Craven Cottage in London appeared in the last 10 minutes, with Jacob Murphy scoring at 80, for Newcastle, 11th ranked, with 12 points, and Rodrigo Muniz equaling 83, for Fulham, 15th of the table, with 10.