English FA Cup

Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City, 2024-25 English FA Cup, Semifinals

· English FA Cup
Nottingham Forest
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    Manchester City
    • 2': Rico Lewis
    • 51': Josko Gvardiol
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    Man City beat Nottingham Forest to reach third straight FA Cup final

    Manchester City beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 on Sunday to reach their third straight FA Cup final, with goals from Rico Lewis and Josko Gvardiol.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 1. Rico Lewis (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
    • 6': Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Matheus Nunes (Manchester City).
    • 10': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Murillo.
    • 11': Attempt blocked. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mateo Kovacic.
    • 12': Foul by Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest).
    • 12': Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 19': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Harry Toffolo.
    • 24': Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 24': Foul by Rúben Dias (Manchester City).
    • 25': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Nikola Milenkovic is caught offside.
    • 27': Attempt missed. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 29': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi is caught offside.
    • 30': Attempt blocked. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
    • 33': Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Foul by Jack Grealish (Manchester City).
    • 33': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi is caught offside.
    • 35': Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).
    • 35': Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Savinho (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
    • 43': Foul by Zach Abbott (Nottingham Forest).
    • 43': Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Anthony Elanga replaces Danilo.
    • 46': Attempt missed. Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi with a cross.
    • 47': Foul by Savinho (Manchester City).
    • 47': Harry Toffolo (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 47': Offside, Manchester City. Jack Grealish is caught offside.
    • 48': Hand ball by Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest).
    • 50': Attempt saved. Rico Lewis (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Savinho.
    • 50': Attempt saved. Matheus Nunes (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Savinho.
    • 50': Attempt saved. Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 50': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Matz Sels.
    • 51': Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 2. Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Omar Marmoush with a cross following a corner.
    • 53': Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).
    • 53': Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Attempt missed. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Savinho.
    • 55': Foul by Jack Grealish (Manchester City).
    • 55': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Jack Grealish (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 58': Foul by Nikola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest).
    • 58': Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 60': Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 60': Foul by Omar Marmoush (Manchester City).
    • 62': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Murillo.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
    • 63': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Matz Sels.
    • 65': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Anthony Elanga with a cross following a fast break.
    • 65': Foul by Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest).
    • 65': Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
    • 70': Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) hits the left post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right.
    • 70': Foul by Murillo (Nottingham Forest).
    • 70': Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 71': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré replaces Elliot Anderson.
    • 71': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Taiwo Awoniyi replaces Chris Wood.
    • 71': Substitution, Manchester City. Ilkay Gündogan replaces Jack Grealish.
    • 72': Offside, Manchester City. Savinho is caught offside.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Savinho (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nico O'Reilly.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
    • 73': Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Zach Abbott.
    • 78': Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 78': Foul by Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City).
    • 78': Nico O'Reilly (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Elanga with a cross.
    • 80': Taiwo Awoniyi (Nottingham Forest) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
    • 80': Attempt saved. Morgan Gibbs-White (Nottingham Forest) header from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum Hudson-Odoi.
    • 80': Delay in match because of an injury Zach Abbott (Nottingham Forest).
    • 81': Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Savinho.
    • 81': Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Omar Marmoush.
    • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 82': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Jota Silva replaces Nicolás Domínguez.
    • 83': Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ramón Sosa replaces Zach Abbott because of an injury.
    • 85': Offside, Nottingham Forest. Ramón Sosa is caught offside.
    • 87': Stefan Ortega (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 88': Foul by Ramón Sosa (Nottingham Forest).
    • 88': Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Substitution, Manchester City. Nico González replaces Mateo Kovacic.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Matheus Nunes (Manchester City).
    • 90'+2': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol.
    • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Jota Silva (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Elanga with a cross.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Matheus Nunes.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Ramón Sosa (Nottingham Forest).
    • 90'+3': Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+3': Ramón Sosa (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 2.
    • 0': Match ends, Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 2.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 10
    3 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 4
    6 Corner Kicks 2
    1 Saves 4
    67 Possession 33
    14 SHOTS 8
    6 ON GOAL 1
    0.4 On Target % 0.1
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    568 Accurate Passes 245
    634 Passes 303
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 5
    15 Crosses 16
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    42 Long Balls 50
    14 Accurate Long Balls 17
    0.3 Long Balls % 0.3
    5 Blocked Shots 2
    1 Effective Tackles 12
    7 Tackles 23
    0.1 Tackle % 0.5
    4 Interceptions 4
    22 Effective Clearances 31
    22 Clearances 31

    Game Information

    Competition: English FA Cup

    Venue: Wembley Stadium
    Location: London, England
    Attendance: 72,976

    Line-Ups

    NFO Nottingham Forest (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    26 Matz Sels (GK)
    5 Murillo
    31 Nikola Milenkovic
    15 Harry Toffolo
    44 Zach Abbott
    28 Danilo
    16 Nicolás Domínguez
    8 Elliot Anderson
    10 Morgan Gibbs-White Yellow Card
    14 Callum Hudson-Odoi
    11 Chris Wood
    Nottingham Forest Substitutes:
    Carlos Miguel , Ibrahim Sangaré, Anthony Elanga, Morato , Taiwo Awoniyi, Álex Moreno, Willy Boly, Jota Silva, Ramón Sosa.

    MNC Manchester City (4-3-1-2)

    No. Name
    18 Stefan Ortega (GK) Yellow Card
    24 Josko Gvardiol
    3 Rúben Dias
    75 Nico O'Reilly Yellow Card
    27 Matheus Nunes
    7 Omar Marmoush
    20 Bernardo Silva
    10 Jack Grealish Yellow Card
    8 Mateo Kovacic
    82 Rico Lewis
    26 Savinho
    Manchester City Substitutes:
    Ilkay Gündogan, Kevin De Bruyne, Abdukodir Khusanov, Nico González, Ederson , Jérémy Doku, Vitor Reis , Manuel Akanji, Phil Foden.

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