In the 28th round of the Premier League, Man City went through the hard match on Nottingham’s field and suffered a defeat of 0-1 weak, thereby facing the risk of losing the fourth position in Chelsea.
Being a guest before Nottingham, Man City played with a 4-2-3-1 diagram, in which, Erling Haaland as usual. The support for the Norwegian star below is the Savinho, Phil Foden and Jeremy Doku. The central midfield of the Green Man is Nico Gonzalez – Bernardo Silva. At the defense, rookie Abdukodir Khusanov kicked the center -back with Ruben Dias, while the two wings belong to Matheus Nunes and Josko Guandiol respectively.
After the opening whistle, Man City with the outstanding quality of the team quickly owned the game. In the seventh minute, a Nottingham player handled the ball right in front of the penalty area, creating conditions for Haaland to rob and throw a corner kick. Unfortunately, the ball went to the column along the home team narrowly.
Less than 10 minutes later, Man City had a chance. This time was a remote kick from rookie Gonzalez, the shadow of the outer edge of the column along the Nottingham goal. Unfortunately, because the two situations mentioned again are the two most prominent balls in the first half. In the rest of the time, both Man City and Nottingham performed a pale, lacking emphasis.
The green man holds a lot of balls, but they mainly stuffed two borders for Savinho and Doku “self -acting” without any other ideas. Meanwhile, Nottingham tried to organize quick counter -attacks but also “not arrived”, leading to the boring and deadlock posture.
In the second half, Nottingham was a better team while Man City was still full of monotonous. In the 67th minute, the Green Man fans undergo a heartbeat when Callum Hudson-Odoi cut into the penalty area to finish in the far corner. The good reflex of goalkeeper Ederson plus the vertical column has saved spectacularly for the visitors.
Realizing that Man City’s problem, coach Pep Guardiola has launched attacking stars like Omar Marmoush or Kevin de Bruyne on the pitch, but everything has not improved. And in the 83rd minute, the Green Man had to receive bitter fruits. Welcoming the great pass of Captain Morgan Gibbs-White, winger Callum Hudson-Odoi cut into the right wing, handling a few more beats and then definitely asserted to the corner to beat Ederson to score the only goal of the match.
In the end, Man City received a 0-1 defeat before Nottingham. This result helps Nottingham keep the third place on the Premier League 2024/25 with 51 points, leaving 4 points from the green man. Even, Guardiola’s army was at risk of losing the fourth place in Chelsea, if the Blues defeated Leicester in this round 28. Currently, Man City is only 1 point better than Chelsea.
In the 29th round, Man City will face Brighton at home to Etihad, and Nottingham is a guest against Ipswich. Both matches took place at 22:00 on March 15.