DE BRUYNE SHINES AS MANCHESTER CITY END WINLESS RUN WITH COMPREHENSIVE WIN OVER NOTTINGHAM FOREST.

Manchester Metropolis lastly ended their seven-game winless run with a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest on the Etihad. The outcome ends Pep Guardiola’s unprecedented winless streak, and strikes Metropolis as much as 4th place within the league whereas Nottingham Forest drop to seventh because it stands.

Metropolis weren’t at their scintillating greatest however struck early to take the lead because the returning Kevin De Bruyne headed throughout purpose to arrange Bernado Silva for a easy tap-in inside ten minutes. Josko Gvardiol then missed two guilt edge probabilities to double Metropolis’s lead earlier than Chris Wooden missed a golden alternative to attract Forest stage after latching onto a free Metropolis again move.

Simply moments later De Bruyne made Wooden’s wastefulness pay with a sometimes correct strike from contained in the 18-yard field, giving Guardiola’s aspect a two-goal cushion after thirty minutes to alleviate a lot of the stress contained in the Etihad.

Forest made a rapid begin to the second interval, however Metropolis weathered the early storm earlier than discovering a 3rd purpose on 57 minutes by means of a wonderful curling Jeremy Doku effort, that successfully killed the sport as a contest.

Metropolis pushed for a fourth purpose because the half went on as Forest started to simply accept their destiny within the tie. A win and a clear sheet are all the things Guardiola may have hoped for from this recreation earlier than his aspect face Crystal Palace on the weekend, whereas Forest might want to regroup as they continue to be in Manchester to face United at Outdated Trafford.