Man City lose 3-1 at Forest: third straight league defeat after 7 wins

📰 City lost 3-1 at Forest, their third straight league defeat after a perfect start. 📌 Key points 📉 City lost 3-1 at the City Ground on Saturday. ⏱️ They were 2-0 down by the 18th minute. 🔁 It follows defeats to Aston Villa and Brighton. 🩹 Guehi and Gvardiol were replaced at half-time. 🎙️ Maresca asked for balance and said it was too early to panic. 📝 What happened ⚽ Cunha won the ball off Gvardiol and scored after six minutes, and Delap finished a counter-attack on 18 to make it 2-0. 🎯 Cherki pulled one back with a deflected effort from Doku's cross, but Delap sealed it on 73 minutes on another counter, off the far post. 🗣️ Maresca said winning seven in a row had never happened before and now they have lost three: it is football. He called it a learning journey. 📊 By the numbers • City's first three-game league losing run in two years. • First time since September 2019 that they have conceded three to a side starting the day in the bottom three, ESPN reported. • Third league game running trailing at half-time, a first since 2007. • City have 21 points, six behind leaders Arsenal. 🔭 Why it matters 🏆 It is the first real crisis of Maresca's reign after he replaced Pep Guardiola this summer. 📅 After the international break City host Fulham on 21 November.