Manchester City lost 3-1 to Nottingham Forest in the 10th round of the English Premier League. The Manchester side’s head coach, Enzo Maresca, assessed his team’s performance after the match.
“First of all, I want to say this clearly: when you are behind the opponent in intensity in the first half and lose every one-on-one battle, things become difficult. By the time we wanted to react, it was already too late. In matches like this, you have to match the opponent’s intensity and try to win the battles; otherwise, you run into trouble. We were not good enough in the duels and the challenges for the ball in the first half. We lost everything. When we tried to react, the score was already 2-1 in the opponent’s favor,” NBC Sports quoted Maresca as saying.