{"id":20057,"date":"2025-12-27T15:26:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T15:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/2025\/12\/27\/cherki-gets-8-gvardiol-with-8-manchester-city-players-rated-in-hard-fought-win-vs-nottingham-forest\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T15:26:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T15:26:32","slug":"cherki-gets-8-gvardiol-with-8-manchester-city-players-rated-in-hard-fought-win-vs-nottingham-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/2025\/12\/27\/cherki-gets-8-gvardiol-with-8-manchester-city-players-rated-in-hard-fought-win-vs-nottingham-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherki Gets 8, Gvardiol With 8 | Manchester City Players Rated In Hard-Fought Win Vs Nottingham Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Manchester City faced off against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground earlier today as they hoped to secure a good result on their travels in the Premier League. The Mancunian giants made a bright start to the game but were held to a scoreless draw at the half-time break.<\/p>\n<p>Tijjani Reijnders scored the opening goal in the 48th minute, which was cancelled out by Omari Hutchinson\u2019s strike just six minutes later. Rayan Cherki ended up scoring the winning goal in the 83rd minute as the contest finished with Pep Guardiola\u2019s men earning a hard-fought 2-1 win at the City Ground.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at how each <a href=\"https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/category\/leagues\/english-premier-league\/manchester-city\/\">Manchester City<\/a> player fared during the clash against Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GK: Gianluigi Donnarumma \u2013 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He made one solid save at the back but failed to keep a clean sheet this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RB: Matheus Nunes \u2013 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nunes performed his defensive duties well and had a couple of bright moments in the final third.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CB: Ruben Dias \u2013 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He put his foot through the ball when needed and did enough to limit the opposition to just one goal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CB: Josko Gvardiol \u2013 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gvardiol gave a good account of himself on the defensive end of the field and even managed to secure an assist.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_339785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339785\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester City\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-1261x840.jpg 1261w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-1392x927.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-1068x711.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nottingham-forest-v-manchester-city-premier-league-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339785\">NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND \u2013 DECEMBER 27: Rayan Cherki of Manchester City celebrates scoring his team\u2019s second goal during the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and Manchester City at the City Ground on December 27, 2025 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by Clive Mason\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>LB: Nico O\u2019Reilly \u2013 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was a positive influence at both ends of the pitch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CM: Tijjani Reijnders \u2013 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reijnders caught the eye at times in the opponent\u2019s half and managed to score the opener in the 48th minute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CM: Nico Gonzalez \u2013 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He anchored the midfield well and made two good chances in the final third.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CM: Bernardo Silva \u2013 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Silva cleared his lines when he could and managed to shine at times in the opponent\u2019s half.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RAM: Rayan Cherki \u2013 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He caused a lot of headaches for his marker in the final third and scored the winning goal with a good strike in the 83rd minute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAM: Phil Foden \u2013 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foden was a constant menace in the final third, but there was no goal for him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ST: Erling Haaland \u2013 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was a real handful for the Nottingham centre-backs but failed to register a goal this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Substitutes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RW: Savinho \u2013 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He made one decent run with the ball after coming off the bench.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CB: Nathan Ake \u2013 N\/A<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City faced off against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground earlier today as they hoped to secure a good result on their travels in the Premier League. The Mancunian giants made a bright start to the game but were held to a scoreless draw at the half-time break. Tijjani Reijnders scored the opening goal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12815,"featured_media":20058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}