Forest stun Man City

Manchester City’s title aspirations suffered a severe setback on Saturday as they slumped to a third straight Premier League defeat, conceding twice in the first half before losing 3-1 to Nottingham Forest to fall six points behind leaders Arsenal.

City reeled off seven straight wins to start the campaign, but they were beaten 2-1 away by Aston Villa before losing 1-0 at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.

Champions Arsenal top of the standings on 27 points after 10 games, and City coach Enzo Maresca blamed his side’s woes on a lack of intensity as Forest scored their first home goals and secured their first home win of the season.

“In the first half, when you don’t match the intensity, when you lose all the duels, it’s difficult, and then when we want to react, it’s too late,” Maresca told Sky Sports.

“In these kinds of games, first of all, you need to match the intensity. You need to try to win duels – otherwise, it’s always complicated. I think (in the) first half we were not good enough in terms of duels. Second balls, we lost all of them, and then when we try to react, we were 2-0 down, and in football, it’s always complicated.”