Key Highlights
- City finished without a major trophy for the first time since 2016-17, Guardiola’s first in charge, but are hunting a seventh Premier League title under him after six straight wins. Rayan Cherki struck late on at Nottingham Forest on Saturday to maintain City’s impressive winning run, which extends to eight in all competitions.
- Second-placed City are two points behind leaders Arsenal, who host third-placed Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.
- City do not return to action until Thursday, when they face high-flying Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Rayan Cherki grabs Manchester City winner to deny bold Nottingham ForestRead moreGuardiola pinpointed last summer’s Club World Cup as a “critical moment” on their path to this point.
- Asked what changed in the US, where they exited at the last-16 stage, the City manager laboured his point.
- “Energy, energy, energy,” he said.
