{"id":289364,"date":"2023-09-20T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=289364"},"modified":"2023-09-20T12:22:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:22:00","slug":"guardiola-gives-man-city-stars-a-reality-check-ahead-of-forest-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/guardiola-gives-man-city-stars-a-reality-check-ahead-of-forest-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola gives Man City stars a reality check ahead of Forest clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;They have more Champions Leagues than us!&#8217;: Pep Guardiola gives his Man City stars a reality check as he warns them not to take Nottingham Forest lightly when they meet this weekend<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Pep Guardiola insisted his side have to be their best against Nottingham Forest<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Manchester City boss invoked Forest&#8217;s two European Cup wins in the process<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pep Guardiola refused to downplay the test that Nottingham Forest will provide Man City this weekend, invoking the club&#8217;s storied history in Europe in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking following City&#8217;s come-from-behind victory over Serbian side Crvena Zvezda on Tuesday, Guardiola admitted his side will need to be at their best when they play host to Forest on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Now we have Nottingham Forest &#8211; 2x Champions League winners. They have won one more than us. It is the truth, I\u2019m not joking&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Forest were just the fourth British team to lift the famous trophy when Brian Clough&#8217;s side defeated Malmo in 1979 thanks to first-half goal from the first British \u00a31m signing Trevor Francis.<\/p>\n<p>After qualifying as champions, the club repeated the feat the following year, again triumphing by a single goal as John Robertson netted to defeat a Hamburg side featuring Kevin Keegan at the Bernabeu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/12\/75636537-0-image-a-12_1695210281381.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola warned his team not to underestimate Nottingham Forest this weekend<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/12\/75636835-0-image-a-14_1695210359381.jpg\" height=\"577\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Man City boss invoked Forest&#8217;s European success during Brian Clough&#8217;s time at the club<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/12\/75636305-0-image-a-13_1695210286025.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Forest became only the second British team ever to win back to back European Cups with their triumph in 1980<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Forest&#8217;s adventures on the continent continued during this period, and Clough&#8217;s side also reached the semi-final of the UEFA Cup in the 1983-84 season, defeating the likes of PSV and Celtic before being defeated 3-2 on aggregate by Anderlecht.<\/p>\n<p>However, Clough&#8217;s retirement coincided with a decline in the club&#8217;s fortunes throughout the 1990s, with fans enduring a 23-year wait for a return to top flight football between 1999 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>After bringing in an influx of new players following their return to the Premier League, the club struggled early last season, with Cooper&#8217;s side bottom of the Premier League after 15 games with just two wins.<\/p>\n<p>Though they eventually recovered from their stumbling start, a second poor spell later in the season looked set to condemn Forest back to the Championship before a run of just one defeat from their final six secured their Premier League survival.<\/p>\n<p>Tricky Trees have enjoyed a much stronger start to the current season however, and they are currently sit eighth with two wins and a draw from their first five games.<\/p>\n<p>City meanwhile have picked up right where they left off in their treble-winning campaign, and are the only Premier League side to have maintained their perfect record this season.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12540055\/Champions-Leagues-Pep-Guardiola-warns-not-Nottingham-Forest-lightly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&#8216;They have more Champions Leagues than us!&#8217;: Pep Guardiola gives his Man City stars a reality check as he warns them not to take Nottingham <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/guardiola-gives-man-city-stars-a-reality-check-ahead-of-forest-clash\/\" title=\"Guardiola gives Man City stars a reality check ahead of Forest clash\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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