Forest fightback dents Manchester City title hopes
Manchester City twice surrendered the lead in a 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest to lose ground on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.
Antoine Semenyo and Rodri twice had City ahead at the Etihad Stadium, only for Morgan Gibbs-White and Elliot Anderson to earn struggling Forest a potentially crucial point.
Gibbs-White had fluffed a one-on-one straight at Gianluigi Donnarumma shortly before Semenyo expertly guided Rayan Cherki's centre home on the volley just after the half-hour mark.
Forest's talisman scored an audacious backheel from a swift counter to restore parity 11 minutes after the restart, only for Rodri to head in from Rayan Ait-Nouri's corner.
But the visitor fought back again with Elliot Anderson bending into the bottom-right corner from 25 yards, and Forest almost went in front when Ryan Yates wastefully headed wide from a corner.
City frantically sought a winner and had a couple of penalty calls against Erling Haaland, and Rodri waved away, before Semenyo put a free-kick onto the roof of the goal and Savinho had one blocked on the line by Murillo in a breathless finale.
The upshot is that City is now seven points behind leader Arsenal, albeit with a game in hand, while Forest is outside the relegation zone only on goal difference after West Ham beat Fulham.
