January signing Semenyo has hit his stride shortly at Metropolis and seemed like being a difference-maker within the title race after his winner at Leeds United on Saturday.
In opposition to Forest, he scored his seventh purpose since arriving from Bournemouth to offer Metropolis a 1-0 benefit at half-time.
However a well-recognized story then unfolded. The statistics present Metropolis have dropped off within the second half of matches – had video games completed at half-time, Guardiola’s facet would sit 13 factors away from Arsenal however as an alternative discover themselves seven factors adrift.
Forest had twice fallen behind however managed to hit again by means of Morgan Gibbs-White’s very good instinctive backheel and Elliot Anderson’s beautiful curling effort.
The response from the Metropolis gamers at full-time was telling, heads bowed and shoulders slumped within the information that these had been two essential factors dropped.
“I wish to concede fewer but it surely’s not about analysing one particular motion,” mentioned Guardiola. “I by no means level fingers at my gamers. We did the whole lot.
“We had the probabilities on the finish and within the first half and the momentum. However one thing all the time occurs and we couldn’t win.”
Arsenal kicked off similtaneously Metropolis on Wednesday and capitalised by scraping a 1-0 victory at Brighton.
“Arsenal can preserve taking part in badly and profitable all they like – it is the others which might be faltering,” former England goalkeeper Rob Inexperienced mentioned on BBC Radio 5 Dwell.
“Manchester Metropolis are faltering and also you simply have a look at this Arsenal facet and the way they go about profitable video games, they handle to only grind out outcomes and that is all they’ve performed tonight. They do not care, they received.”
