The impact of Barton's absence on Manchester City has been huge, and without the man who can control the situation in midfield, Manchester City's attack looks a bit disorganized. Wood and Albertini have become more and more comfortable in the middle of the midfield, and Reyna and Boswaite, the two Manchester City MCs (midfielder_centre, central midfielder, central midfield) have not been able to find any effective way to break through the Wood and Albertini defence.

On the side, because he couldn't win the ball, Ribery, who was holding back his anger, vented all his grievances on this game. His reckless breakthrough on the left completely overpowered Wright. Phillips' attack – Ribery used his incisive break to give him the applause that the fans had just given to Pierce with his sharp penetration. Although the league has only started four rounds, the local media in Nottingham can't wait to announce that Frank Frank. Ribery is Tony. Donne's most successful acquisition of the summer. It turned out that Keegan gave Wright. Phillips was tasked with providing assists to the strikers, but now he had to yell from the sidelines for Phillips to pay attention to the defence. Compared to Wright. Phillips, Ribery's breakthrough feels sharper, more resolute, and more daring - relying on his speed advantage, rushing to the opponent without slowing down, and using the constant change of direction and the change of speed and rhythm to shake off the defenders, Ribery's breakthrough is Ribery's specialty.

On the other side, Ashley. Young took advantage of his youthful momentum to match McMalaman's rivalry. However, Donne didn't count on Ashley for this game. Young was able to overpower his opponent after all, after all, McMallaman and Wright. Phillips is different, an experienced old fritter. The focus of Forest's attack was placed on Ashley at the beginning of the game. Young's side, but it was a feint, making Keegan think that the Forest would focus on this wide lane. When he saw the defensive center of gravity of the Manchester City team slowly shifting, he immediately resolutely changed the direction of attack to the left side where Ribery was, and without hesitation, Ribery forced three consecutive breakthroughs, turning the Manchester City team's defensive system upside down.

If Keegan had shifted his defensive focus back, he would have given the ball to Albertini and let him organise the attack, and Forest's midfield, although it looked parallel on the TV screen, was actually a disc – with two wing-backs up front, Wood and Albertini dragging a little behind, so that there was the right amount of depth in both attack and defence.

Forest's midfield is tasked with finding weaknesses in the opposition's defence through passing, and for Manchester City, there are still many weaknesses in their defence.

Sun Jihai may be at the top level in China, but when facing Ribery, he still seems to be a little difficult, not to mention Wright. Phillips didn't do much to help him defensively. In the tactics arranged before the game, Keegan also asked Sun Jihai to have a chance to help Phillips in attack. Well, now it's completely crushed near the line of defense, don't think about getting out.

Forest's frantic frenzied attacking flanks soon paid off, with the problem of Dunn and Distin's centre-back pairing being caught by Viduka. In the face of Dunn, who was physically excellent, the Australian Brute Bull did not choose to win with this one-tenacious defender, but unexpectedly chose to shoot after taking the ball!

The timing was just right, not only making Dunn's body useless, but also completely disrupting the rhythm of goalkeeper James, who had just sunk in his center and was about to pounce on the high ball, when he saw the football fly over his head and only fell into the net!

"Shoot! Shoot! It's hard to believe the eyes...... Viduka's pick! Look at James's eyes, at this moment he seems to see a visitor from outside the sky! Nottingham Forest take the lead! The goal was ...... It's really unexpected, we're not talking about the result, but the way, the way of scoring the goal is so unexpected! The Forest team always had the advantage on the field, and it was a matter of course to take the lead! ”

If Manchester City fans think that Viduka's goal is luck, it is blind. There's no reason why the Forest can get ahead so easily. Then at the end of the first half, conceding another goal will make them completely speechless.

The man who scored the goal this time was Eastwood.

Ribery's frequent breakthroughs tore apart the Manchester City defense, and this time Sun Jihai was deceived by his continuous shaking and lost his center of gravity, so he could only sit on the ground and watch helplessly as the Frenchman broke through him and Wright. Phillips defending, into the box...... Just when James thought Ribery would shoot straight at goal, he crossed the ball to Eastwood, who cut it in. What happened next turned the City Stadium into a sea of joy.

“2：0！ Before the end of the first half, Keegan was like a dead face, and there was a lot of negative news about him before the game. The handsome position is unstable, and the handsome will be out of harmony. Looking at Anelka's performance in this match, it was like falling asleep! ”

With two goals down on the road and a team full of contradictions, what else can such a Manchester City team do?

Look at the end of the first half, Anelka walked past Keegan, the expressions of the two, Keegan looked into the distance, ignoring Anelka, and Anelka also held his head high, not paying attention to the manager at all.

It is rumored that the unruly French shooter and Keegan have always been on the wrong path, and the two have quarreled during training, and the relationship is very poor. Now that Don has seen it with his own eyes, it can be regarded as confirming the rumors he had heard before.

It was a good thing that made him happy. The bad luck of other people's families is the good news on their own side.

So the second half of the game was a bit of a tumultuous game, no one knows what happened in the Manchester City dressing room at half-time, Anelka was substituted at the beginning of the second half, and the substitute Karl . Birmingham were too young to pose a threat to Forest, and Donn's side were open in attack.

When Viduka scored twice in the 71st minute, Manchester City completely gave up on the intention of forcing the opponent to draw.

The game starts with Tony. Donn's victory came to an end.

It was Forest's first win of the season, and with the three points in hand, Nottingham Forest's anthem "The World is in Our Hands" once again sounded in the stands at the City Stadium.

After the game, Keegan and Donn, who were in a bad mood, shook hands perfunctorily and left in a hurry. Pierce took the initiative to talk to Donn when he shook hands, of course, the content was nothing new, nothing more than congratulating the winner and praising the Forest team...... Wait a minute.

It was only at the end, when Pierce was leaving, that he said to Donne, "There's something...... I have to say thank you. ”

"Huh?" Don didn't react.

"Seeing this team full of hope in the forest team now reminds me of the past. So...... I have to say thank you for letting us and the head of the league see Nottingham Forest in the red shirt again in the top flight. Of course, the boss will not say such things to you, he always shows the least care in front of his favorite people. Pierce laughed, "But I think someone has to say it to you." Because you're doing a good job, you're doing something that a lot of us can't. So...... Thank you! Good luck, Tony. Hopefully we'll have a direct fight in the future. ”

With that, Pierce turned and left.

Donn said behind him, "I think we'll have it soon, Pierce!" ”

"Maniac" Pierce took Donn's words as a blessing and didn't pay much attention to them, smiling and leaving the stadium full of singing and joy. Such a scene, for Stuart. For Pierce, it's been a long, long time since I've seen it.

So, even if he is part of the Manchester City coaching staff, even if his team loses this game, he has no chagrin.

You deserve it, forest, well done!

(To be continued)