Late Rayan Cherki winner for Man City puts title pressure back on Arsenal
Good morning and welcome to live coverage of the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest, who start the day in 17th, and Manchester City, in second, for whom a victory would take them back to the top at least until Arsenal’s 3pm home match against Brighton is settled. Forest, who beat City at the City Ground last Larch, have taken 13 of 27 points under Sean Dyche, their third manager of the season, losing to Bournemouth and Brighton at home, but clobbered Tottenham 3-0 by the Trent 13 days ago before losing at Fulham in their last game before Christmas. Manchester City, by contrast, are on a run of five successive league wins but have already lost three times on the road – at Brighton, Villa and Newcastle – and their players come into the match fresh from the weighing scales, deprived of their maple syrup-glazed parsnips and pigs in blankets as Pep stole Christmas. Ibrahim Sangaré and Willy Boly are absent for Forest at Afcon while Ryan Yates, Ola Aina, Chris Wood and Dan …

