Nottingham Forest beat Manchester City 3-1 at the City Ground on Saturday night in the Premier League, and fan YouTubers on both sides spent the evening explaining it. Jair Cunha scored after six minutes, Liam Delap added two either side of a Rayan Cherki half-volley, and Forest finally won at home. City have now lost three league games in a row and sit six points behind Arsenal.
Nottingham Forest fans: three goals after a home drought
Nottingham Forest had not scored a league goal at the City Ground all season. Then they scored three in one night against the team in second.
Dore On Tour filmed his reaction straight after full-time, in the mood of a man who wanted it on the record: "Forest three, Man City one. Repeat that." He called Delap's second goal a top-corner finish with his left foot. When someone off camera asked if it reminded him of a 90s striker, the answer was "Stan Collymore." He also gave a special mention to Ryan Yates and said he was "immense".
KedgrisTV was happy but careful. He thinks the win "could be the jump start for our season", then followed it straight away with "hold your horses". His point is that Forest raise their game against the big clubs and then struggle against Brentford and Bournemouth. He also liked that five of Forest's 11 shots were on target. For a team that has spent all season missing chances, that number mattered.
Liam Delap scores twice against his old club
Delap came through City's academy and then had a hard time at Chelsea. His first goal came after Xaver Schlager beat Elliot Anderson to the ball, and he ran from his own half before finishing. His second was a curling shot into the top corner after a break led by Morgan Gibbs-White.
DonCFC watched it as a Chelsea fan who said Delap's last season was horrific. He said Delap had only been getting "microwave minutes" there, and that being the main man at Forest has changed him: "Confidence is what brings out the quality that we saw in those chances today." He also pointed out that Maresca, who managed Delap at Chelsea, was on the other bench.
Manchester City fans turn on Maresca
Manchester City fans had a harder evening. HamzaTalksFootball checked the line-up in a dentist's waiting room and missed the first half with a numb face. He still had plenty to say. His main complaint is the midfield: "you have to protect the back line." He also said "Maresca has to take the blame."
ItsLB blamed both the manager and the players. He said "The bozo errors have returned", criticised the full-back picks and the Anderson, Enzo and Cherki midfield, and warned that Maresca is "going to end up getting himself sacked if he carries on doing what he's doing."
Nobbins started his late post-mortem by warning viewers, "It's not going to be a happy stream." He read out Maresca's post-match comments that the three defeats were all different, and rejected them: "He is wrong in saying that there are no similarities and that there are no patterns."
Where this leaves both clubs
For Forest, the win lifts them out of the bottom three going into the international break. It also gives Oliver Glasner some relief after a frustrating run. For City, the line-up is now as big a talking point as the results. Forest fans want to know if this is the start of a run. City fans want to know if Maresca will change the midfield before the next game.