Nottingham Forest vs. Manchester City: predicted line up

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 12: Phil Foden of Manchester City replaces Jack Grealish of Manchester City with Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City looking on during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Aston Villa at Etihad Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Richard Sellers/Getty Images) /

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Manchester City are set for another away game at the City Ground against Nottingham Forest, a tough game ahead as their best performances tend to come at home, and the Forest fans are loud and proud.

However, the blues go into the game having knocked Arsenal off their top of the league perch midweek in a 1-3 win at the Emirates.

Goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish and the Nordic Meat Shield ensured Saka’s first half penalty goal meant nothing more than some points on FPL.

Pep had admitted that he tried a little something with tactics in the first half of the game against Arsenal, and that it didn’t go to plan. So what will Pep do next? It’s anyone’s guess:

Pep on his ‘horrible’ tactics:

"I wanted to defend more with the wingers more inside [against Arsenal], to provoke them to go one side. After five, 10, 15 minutes I felt I didn’t like it. We could not press intensely, we could not behave in this way and we changed."
— City Report (@cityreport_) February 17, 2023