After falling from the top of the standings and being eliminated from the Champions League, Pep Guardiola continues to make improvements in the team and deepen the depth of his squad in order to achieve better results at the end of the season and get another ticket to the Champions League. However, the competition in the top 4 positions is a little tighter, so Guardiola and the team must fight harder to be able to finish in the top 4 at least.
The match against Nottingham Forest is of course a crucial match, but on the other hand this is also a momentum for Manchester City to be able to shift Nottingham Forest's position in 3rd place in the standings. However, if Manchester City loses or the match ends with a draw, then their position will be shifted by Chelsea, because in week 28 Chelsea is quite favored to be able to win 3 points from Leicester City.
It's a little complicated when talking about Manchester City right now because this could be the worst season for them by not getting a single trophy at the end of the season but on the other hand this is a good thing for Pep as their evaluation material for the end of the season in order to prepare for next season well because for now they can only do more for the top 4 but not with the trophy hunt.
Facing Nottingham can be a pretty good test only in this case Nottingham Forrest is now also in big trouble after being quite good consistently at the beginning of the season for now they seem to be faltering in terms of performance.
3 defeats, 1 draw and 1 win only for the last 5 matches clearly shows a very difficult situation for Nottingham now especially for Mancehster City, which currently seems to regain its rhythm for the EPL, of course this match can still belong to them even though the match is held at Nottingham headquarters this week.