Manchester City is still too strong for Nottingham Forest. The Citizens won a convincing 2-0 victory to advance to the 2024/2025 FA Cup final.
Sunday, April 27, 2025, the Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City match was played at Wembley Stadium. The two teams fought in the 2024/2025 FA Cup semifinals.
This time, Nottingham put up an impressive fight, but Man City showed their class. Man City’s two winning goals were scored by Rico Lewis (2′) and Josko Gvardiol (51′).
This victory took Man City to the 2024/2025 FA Cup final and will face Crystal Palace who in the other match eliminated Aston Villa.
The match had just started and Man City immediately attacked. Fast attack scheme. Kovacic’s pass was received by Rico Lewis on the edge of the penalty box, continued with a low kick into the corner of the goal. Goal! Score 0-1.
A quick goal at the start of the match made Man City play more comfortably. Nottingham occasionally got a chance to counterattack, but none of them were threatening. 30 minutes into the match.
On the other hand, Man City also did not create many good chances until the end of the first half. The score was 0-1.
In the second half, Nottingham had a chance to make a breakthrough in the early minutes. Elanga missed a great chance in the 46th minute. Then, the Man City squad had asked for a penalty in the 50th minute, but the referee was unmoved.
In the 51st minute, the second goal for Man City. Corner kick scheme. Marmoush’s high ball was met by Gvardiol’s header which jumped accurately. Goal! Score 0-2.
Nottingham then got a number of good chances. In the 69th and 80th minutes, Gibbs-White’s attempts had fooled the goalkeeper, but still hit the post. Unlucky.
There were no additional goals until the referee blew the long whistle. The score was 0-2 for Manchester City’s victory. Josep Guardiola’s squad is heading to the 2025 FA Cup final.
Mateo Kovacic deserves to be named the best player aka man of the match Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City. He made one assist in The Citizens’ 2-0 victory.
Kovacic played as a central midfielder in this match. He not only played a role in connecting the back line and the front line, but was also active in creating attacks.
The 30-year-old midfielder recorded the most successful dribbles (5) among other players on the field. Kovacic also made an assist for the opening goal scored by Rico Lewis.
Furthermore, Kovacic also recorded 88 accurate passes and 109 touches of the ball. His actions and contributions were given a rating of 8.6 by FotMob.
