| | First Half starts. |
| 1' | | Shot blocked. Neco Williams - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Ola Aina with a cross. |
| 3' | | Corner - Manchester City. Conceded by Murillo. |
| 3' | | Shot blocked. Jérémy Doku - Manchester City - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is blocked. |
| 9' | | New attacking attempt. Kevin De Bruyne - Manchester City - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Jack Grealish. |
| 9' | | Corner - Manchester City. Conceded by Matz Sels. |
| 9' | | Fouled by Nathan Aké - Manchester City |
| 9' | | Matz Sels - Nottingham Forest - won a free kick in defence. |
| 10' | | Fouled by Jérémy Doku - Manchester City |
| 10' | | Ola Aina - Nottingham Forest - won a free kick in attack. |
| 12' | | Missed chance. Morgan Gibbs-White - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from outside the box is very close to the goal from a free kick. |
| 12' | | Fouled by Ola Aina - Nottingham Forest |
| 12' | | Jérémy Doku - Manchester City - won a free kick on the right wing. |
| 13' | | Corner - Manchester City. Conceded by Murillo. |
| 14' | | Missed chance. Jérémy Doku - Manchester City - shot with left foot from outside the box is close, but missed. Assist - Julián Álvarez. |
| 15' | | New attacking attempt. Neco Williams - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is saved in the right corner. Assist - Callum Hudson-Odoi. |
| 15' | | Corner - Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Ederson. |
| 16' | | Shot blocked. Morgan Gibbs-White - Nottingham Forest - shot with the head from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assist - Danilo with a cross. |
| 16' | | Corner - Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Rodri. |
| 16' | | Ederson - Manchester City - won a free kick in defence. |
| 16' | | Fouled by Willy-Arnaud Boly - Nottingham Forest |
| 17' | | Delay in match - injury Ederson - Manchester City |
| 19' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 23' | | Fouled by Danilo - Nottingham Forest |
| 23' | | Jack Grealish - Manchester City - won a free kick in attack. |
| 24' | | Shot blocked. Kevin De Bruyne - Manchester City - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. |
| 24' | | Delay in match - injury Willy-Arnaud Boly - Nottingham Forest |
| 24' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 27' | | Offside - Manchester City. Josko Gvardiol is in offside. |
| 28' | | Missed chance. Chris Wood - Nottingham Forest - shot with the head from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Morgan Gibbs-White with a cross. |
| 30' | | Corner - Manchester City. Conceded by Neco Williams. |
| 31' | | Delay in match - injury Neco Williams - Nottingham Forest |
| 32' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 32' | | Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 1. Josko Gvardiol - Manchester City - header inside of six yard box - left side to the top left corner. Assist - Kevin De Bruyne with a cross after corner. |
| 35' | | Substitution - Nottingham Forest. Gonzalo Montiel for Neco Williams - injury. |
| 36' | | Shot blocked. Kevin De Bruyne - Manchester City - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Manuel Akanji. |
| 36' | | Callum Hudson-Odoi - Nottingham Forest - won a free kick on the left wing. |
| 36' | | Fouled by Jérémy Doku - Manchester City |
| 38' | | Missed chance. Chris Wood - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from few metres missed to the left. Assist - Gonzalo Montiel. |
| 41' | | Missed chance. Callum Hudson-Odoi - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Chris Wood following a fast break. |
| 45+2' | | Corner - Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Manuel Akanji. |
| 45+3' | | Murillo - Nottingham Forest - hits the bar with a shot with left foot from few metres after corner. |
| 45+5' | | Shot blocked. Kevin De Bruyne - Manchester City - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Rodri. |
| 45+5' | | First Half ended - Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 1. |
| 45' | | Second Half starts Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 1. |
| 45' | | Substitution - Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic for Jérémy Doku. |
| 45' | | Substitution - Manchester City. Stefan Ortega for Ederson - injury. |
| 47' | | Shot blocked. Chris Wood - Nottingham Forest - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Anthony Elanga. |
| 47' | | Missed chance. Callum Hudson-Odoi - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assist - Danilo. |
| 51' | | Missed chance. Morgan Gibbs-White - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from outside the box is close, but missed. Assist - Gonzalo Montiel. |
| 51' | | Offside - Nottingham Forest. Anthony Elanga is in offside. |
| 55' | | Delay in match - injury Jack Grealish - Manchester City |
| 56' | | Delay over. They are ready to continue. |
| 57' | | Offside - Nottingham Forest. Gonzalo Montiel is in offside. |
| 58' | | Fouled by Willy-Arnaud Boly - Nottingham Forest |
| 58' | | Jack Grealish - Manchester City - won a free kick in defence. |
| 59' | | Missed chance. Gonzalo Montiel - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from outside the box missed to the left. Assist - Chris Wood with a head. |
| 62' | | Substitution - Manchester City. Erling Haaland for Jack Grealish. |
| 63' | | Missed chance. Julián Álvarez - Manchester City - shot with left foot from the centre of the box goes high. Assist - Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball following a fast break. |
| 68' | | New attacking attempt. Kevin De Bruyne - Manchester City - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Julián Álvarez. |
| 68' | | Corner - Manchester City. Conceded by Matz Sels. |
| 71' | | Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 2. Erling Haaland - Manchester City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the left corner. Assist - Kevin De Bruyne. |
| 74' | | Substitution - Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates for Danilo. |
| 74' | | Substitution - Nottingham Forest. Andrew Omobamidele for Murillo - injury. |
| 74' | | Substitution - Nottingham Forest. Giovanni Reyna for Anthony Elanga. |
| 75' | | Missed chance. Willy-Arnaud Boly - Nottingham Forest - shot with the head from the centre of the box missed. Assist - Callum Hudson-Odoi with a cross. |
| 76' | | Corner - Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Josko Gvardiol. |
| 77' | | Fouled by Rodri - Manchester City |
| 77' | | Morgan Gibbs-White - Nottingham Forest - won a free kick in attack. |
| 79' | | Fouled by Willy-Arnaud Boly - Nottingham Forest |
| 79' | | Kevin De Bruyne - Manchester City - won a free kick in attack. |
| 79' | | Bernardo Silva - Manchester City - won a free kick in defence. |
| 79' | | Fouled by Morgan Gibbs-White - Nottingham Forest |
| 84' | | Substitution - Nottingham Forest. Ibrahim Sangaré for Willy-Arnaud Boly. |
| 85' | | Fouled by Ola Aina - Nottingham Forest |
| 85' | | Kyle Walker - Manchester City - won a free kick in defence. |
| 86' | | Fouled by Rodri - Manchester City |
| 86' | | Ryan Yates - Nottingham Forest - won a free kick in defence. |
| 87' | | New attacking attempt. Callum Hudson-Odoi - Nottingham Forest - shot with right foot from long distance on the left is saved in the top right corner. Assist - Giovanni Reyna. |
| 89' | | Substitution - Manchester City. Matheus Nunes for Kevin De Bruyne. |
| 89' | | Substitution - Manchester City. Oscar Bobb for Julián Álvarez. |
| 90' | | Fouled by Ibrahim Sangaré - Nottingham Forest |
| 90' | | Matheus Nunes - Manchester City - won a free kick in attack. |
| 90+3' | | Fouled by Matheus Nunes - Manchester City |
| 90+3' | | Ryan Yates - Nottingham Forest - won a free kick in attack. |
| 90+5' | | New attacking attempt. Erling Haaland - Manchester City - shot with left foot from a diffucult position on the left is saved in the left corner. Assist - Oscar Bobb. |
| 90+6' | | Second Half ended - Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 2. |
| | Thats all. Game finished - Nottingham Forest 0, Manchester City 2. |