THE NOTEBOOK: Pep Guardiola again to his animated finest within the dugout after his surgical procedure…whereas Gareth Southgate may have a parking spot on the Etihad

Manchester City maintained their excellent begin to the Premier League season with a 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest, regardless of having to play many of the second half with ten males. 

Targets from Erling Haaland and Phil Foden inside the primary quarter-hour had been sufficient to see off Steve Cooper’s facet, and see Metropolis make it six wins from six to this point this season. 

Nonetheless, there was one setback for Pep Guardiola as Rodri was proven pink following a conflict with Morgan Gibbs-White simply after the break. 

The sending off means the Spaniard will now miss Metropolis’s crunch sport with Arsenal subsequent month. 

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Erling Haaland scored Metropolis’s second purpose that noticed them make it six wins out of six this season 

Rodri was proven a pink card after clashing with Morgan Gibbs-White proper after half time 

Again to work  

Any suggestion that Pep Guardiola’s latest again surgical procedure may need dampened his touchline antics was shortly dispelled simply 17 minutes into the conflict.

The Metropolis boss missed two league video games earlier than the worldwide break after present process the surgical procedure in Barcelona.

And no matter rehab routine he was placed on presumably didn’t embrace berating the officers and selecting up a yellow card, which he duly did after Manuel Akanji gave away a free-kick on the sting of the Metropolis space.

Pep Guardiola was again to his animated self on the touchline following his again surgical procedure 

Ten in, ten out  

Forest’s unbelievable, on-going churn of enjoying employees was summed up by one easy truth on the Etihad.

Virtually precisely 12 months in the past, on match day 5 of the 2022-23 Premier League calendar, Steve Cooper’s facet was soundly overwhelmed, 6-0, by the eventual treble winners.

Of his beginning XI that day, just one participant – Morgan Gibbs-White – was on the pitch at kick-off yesterday.

Southgate’s spot  

Gareth Southgate will quickly have a daily parking bay on the Etihad, judging by the very fact he was making his second go to there this week.

The England boss was available on Tuesday as Metropolis began their Champions League marketing campaign with a 3-1 win over Purple Star.

And he was again for extra, presumably with the primary mission of weighing up Phil Foden whose exclusion from England beginning line-ups has been a bone of competition not too long ago. Foden’s response, with a purpose after seven minutes, was devastating.

England boss Gareth Southgate was again on the Etihad for the second time in every week 

Southgate was additionally seen deep in dialog with Metropolis director of soccer Txiki Begiristain, maybe discussing whether or not England common Kelvin Phillips will ever begin for Pep Guardiola.

Regardless of Metropolis’s damage issues, Phillips was once more on the bench, however Rodri’s dismissal compelled him into almost a full half of emergency motion which he carried out nicely.

Dwelling comforts  

The notion that Metropolis followers are spoiled, definitely on the Etihad, grows with each passing week as their workforce’s dwelling supremacy mounts.

Since their final dwelling league defeat, to Brentford simply earlier than the World Cup break final November, Metropolis have performed 1,260 minutes of Premier League soccer at dwelling – and trailed for less than 25 of them.

Liverpool held a lead for 10 minutes, on the best way to a 4-1 defeat, and Spurs had the audacity to twice take the lead – for a complete of quarter-hour – earlier than happening to lose 4-2.

Of the 14 video games since that shock 2-1 loss to Brentford, Metropolis have gained 13 and solely dropped factors in a 1-1 draw with Everton on New 12 months’s Eve.

In all competitions, Metropolis have gained 22 and drawn one among their 23 dwelling video games since they final misplaced.

Man Metropolis followers have been spoilt watching their workforce on the Etihad profitable 22 of the final 23 dwelling video games