Manchester City suffer their third successive Premier League defeat: Stats
What's the story
Nottingham Forest ended their goal drought in spectacular fashion, defeating Manchester City 3-1 at the City Ground in Matchweek 10 of the Premier League 2026-27 season. The win comes after a tough start to the season for Oliver Glasner's side, who were yet to score or win at home this campaign. The match was a major turnaround for Forest fans, who had waited almost six months and endured eight-and-a-half hours of football without seeing their team score.
Goal details
Early breakthrough by Jair Cunha and Xaver Schlager
The match saw an early breakthrough when Jair Cunha dispossessed Josko Gvardiol and scored with his left foot in the sixth minute.
This was Forest's first home goal since Morgan Gibbs-White scored against Bournemouth in the last game of last season, ending a 510-minute drought, as per Sky Sports News.
Just 12 minutes later, Xaver Schlager sent Liam Delap through on goal after beating former Forest man Elliot Anderson to the ball in midfield.
Match highlights
Delap's 2nd-half strike seals the deal for Forest
Delap scored his second goal for Nottingham Forest in the 73rd minute.
The hosts had a two-goal lead to defend in front of their owner Evangelos Marinakis.
Rayan Cherki pulled one back early in the second half with a powerful shot but Gibbs-White assisted Delap on the counterattack and his angled shot found the top corner of the net.
Season shift
A major turning point for Nottingham Forest
The win over Manchester City marks a major turning point for Nottingham Forest and their manager Oliver Glasner, who has been under pressure after recent results. The victory also lifted them out of the relegation zone.
Meanwhile, Manchester City became the first top-flight team in 122 years to win their first seven games and lose the next three, leaving them six points adrift of Arsenal at the top of Premier League table.
Details
Match stats and points table
From 11 attempts, Forest had 5 shots on target and scored thrice.
City had four shots on target from 12 attempts.
In terms of touches in the opposition box, City dominated Forest 33-14.
Enzo Maresca's side had 78% ball possession and completed 665 passes.
Meanwhile, City remain 2nd and are six points behind leaders Arsenal. City own 21 points after 10 games (W7 L3).
Forest are now 16th with 9 points from 10 matches (W2 D3 L5).
Records
Key numbers for Delap
As per Opta, Delap's goal for Nottingham Forest (18th minute) made it the earliest Manchester City have been two goals behind in a Premier League game since November 2019 against Liverpool (13th minute).
Delap, who scored a brace, has now raced to 16 Premier League goals from 76 appearances (A2).
Since joining Forest this season, he has three Premier League goals from nine matches.
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Unwanted record for City
As per Squawka, only 2 English top-flight teams have won their opening seven league games and then lost the next three. Sheffield Wednesday did so in 1904/05 and now Man City have repeated the same in 2026-27.
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5th Premier League goal for Cherki this season
City's Cherki scored his 5th Premier League goal of the season from 9 appearances (A2). Overall, he has scored nine Premier League goals (A14) from 42 matches.
MUFC
Forest send Man United in relegation zone
Manchester United are in for a fight to survive in the 2026-27 season of Premier League.
With Forest defeating City 3-1 in Matchweek 10, it has pushed the Red Devils into relegation zone.
United find themselves languishing at 18th place ahead of their match against Aston Villa at home on Sunday.
United are 18th currently after nine matches.
Michael Carrick's men have posted one win in addition to 4 draws and 4 defeats.
With 7 points and a goal difference of -5, United are above Crystal Palace on goal difference and bottom-placed Sunderland (5 points).