FA Cup - Forest hammer Man City at Eastlands

Eurosport - Sun, 04 Jan 10:38:00 2009

The future of Manchester City boss Mark Hughes is under threat again after his side were beaten 3-0 at home by Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup third round.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 FA Cup third round - Nottingham Forest's players celebrate their side's third goal against Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium - 0

City's Abu Dhabi-based backers have resolutely stuck by their manager throughout this season's struggles, but their faith will be further tested after Hughes's side capitulated against Forest.

The former European champions' own dismal form this term has seen Billy Davies agree to take over as boss on Monday; he watched as temporary boss John Pemberton masterminded the win thanks to goals from Nathan Tyson, Robert Earnshaw and Joe Garner.

Garner's second-half strike was the cue for City supporters to stream out of the stadium, hurling abuse at Hughes as they went.

Forest might have been ahead before the breakthrough eventually came late in the first half, but headers from Lewis McGugan, Matt Thornhill and Ian Breckin all flew narrowly wide.

After a sluggish start City also had chances, with Paul Smith making superb saves to deny Felipe Caicedo and Daniel Sturridge, paired together in attack while Robinho was rested.

The hosts' cause was not helped by the loss of Shaun Wright-Phillips to a hamstring injury after just 18 minutes.

With the clock ticking down towards half-time a long ball was lofted into the City box, where Micah Richards headed away; Tyson met it with a dipping first-time volley that gave Joe Hart no chance.

The hosts were still clearing their heads when Forest doubled their lead.

Pablo Zabaleta was robbed easily by Chris Cohen close to the touchline, setting the Forest man haring into the box where he found Thornhill with a precise cross.

The midfielder's shot was hopelessly off target, but Earnshaw coolly steered it into the corner.

In the second half Caicedo twice forced Smith into fine saves, but without Wright-Phillips, there was no spark from the hosts.

Garner completed the rout 15 minutes from time, scoring low past Hart after Dietmar Hamann had thrown him the ball from the touchline.

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  1. hughes out please now

    From william, on Sun 4 Jan 9:27PM

  2. oh well.forest are thru' man city are not.come on you reds.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From big quacker, on Sun 4 Jan 7:30PM

  3. Carlpeel on grammar? What a laugh. 'Their' should have been spelled 'there'. There is no such expression as 'ain't no' Apart from being an American euphemism , it's also a double negative. 'doin' should be 'doing' and 'nite' should be 'night'. And you have the nerve to criticise someone else's spelling?

    From quatt47, on Sun 4 Jan 6:49PM

  4. Why do people insist on calling Manchester United's supporters and the team 'Munich men'? Are they celebrating the deaths of eight fine footballers and assorted journalists? Anyone using that term should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. Would you be happy if most of the team you support was killed? You heartless b*stards.

    From quatt47, on Sun 4 Jan 6:44PM

  5. I see Carl the pr*ck from Essex is a worried little boy, putting all the effort of a five year old into a discussion on City, dont forget it's school tomorrow, so no staying up too late..jog on you munich tw*t.
    Manchester blue since 68

    From mikedunn68, on Sun 4 Jan 6:19PM

  6. Weve got derby in 4th so bring on the mint jelly

    From gailjohnson10, on Sun 4 Jan 5:29PM

  7. Watched the game on tv, is the man city player who took the throw in, that garner scored from colour blind? what an error even though the game was lost by then

    From mike k, on Sun 4 Jan 1:23PM

  8. nice to see liverpool fans make a comment,,, where did you rob your computer?

    From sweetheart3912, on Sun 4 Jan 1:16PM

  9. MALCOLM ALLISON HAD A LOT OF MONEY ONCE AND LOOK WHAT HE DID.....

    YOUR MAN CITY, YOU'LL BUGGER IT UP SUM HOW !!!!!!!!

    REMEBER EVERYTIME YOU PLAY THE POPULATION WANTS TO TO LOSE BADLY.... HOW THOSE ARABS WISHED NEWCASTLE HAD COME UP FOR SALE A WEEK EARLIER ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

    From carlpeel, on Sun 4 Jan 12:28PM

  10. THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS LAUGHING AT CITYS RESULT YESTERDAY..... WHERES YOUR SMUG FACES NOW, ALL I COULD SEE WAS THE BACK OF HEADS LEAVING QUICKLY WITH 10 MINS TO GO.. 'city till I die' ...YOUR ALL READY DEAD AS A CLUB YOUR A LAUGHING STOCK, NOTHING MORE THAN A RICH PUB CLUB...................... MUFC

    From carlpeel, on Sun 4 Jan 12:19PM

  11. WELL DONE THE TRICKY TREE'S IT SHOWED THAT THE OVERPAID CITY NUMPTIES DON'T HAVE THE HEART FOR A FIGHT, FOREST HAD 11 PLAYERS WHO WANTED IT MORE, SAME ATTITUDE FOR REST OF SEASON BUT NEED TO SORT OUT OUR HOME FORM @#$% G ILKESTON DERBYS

    From dickgilmour, on Sun 4 Jan 11:17AM

  12. john.tait0 - MCFC will build a team??? First signs are they are after Kolo Toure and Wayne Bridge. God thats scary. Do you HONESTLY think any big name star will want to come to a team bordering on the relegation area and already out of the Cups? No nor do I. Dream on sunshine.

    From Mike S, on Sun 4 Jan 11:01AM

  13. Hey Microdexltd your right....4 spellin mistakes, thats 1 more than the new koran readers concedes against forest ha ha ha ha ha

    From carlpeel, on Sun 4 Jan 10:48AM

  14. For a couple of weeks now there have been billboards around Manchester depicting a milkman beating a City player; well yesterday it happened. How spooky is that? Oh dear how sad never mind.

    From davetbwg, on Sun 4 Jan 10:38AM

  15. boy oh boy. 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forgotten... When I thought things can't get worse for this big noise small size team.

    From Half A Brain, on Sun 4 Jan 10:33AM

  16. Its a shame that MUFC fans? cannot control their bile in these comments. All teams go through good & bad cycles with money (or lack of it) normally being the deciding factor. Historically it's not that long ago that MUFC were in the 2nd division or that they were howling for Fergies job due to poor results with his (then) very young and inexperienced team. Yesterday was a good result for a team that had past greatness. MCFC will use their money now and build a team that will compete with the best. However it is a long process to do this. Well done Forrest, lets hope that you can now build on this.

    From john.tait0, on Sun 4 Jan 10:29AM

  17. there are actually 4 spelling mistakes in 161

    From microdexltd, on Sun 4 Jan 10:28AM

  18. WHAT A DAY TO REMEMBER, WELL DONE U REDS. SEE YOU IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT SEASON.

    You might be rich but you're fecking @#$%
    You might be rich but you're fecking @#$%
    You might be rich but you're fecking @#$%
    You might be rich but you're fecking @#$%

    FOREST TILL I DIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From munich1979, on Sun 4 Jan 10:26AM

  19. When will Premiership clubs learn the Golden Rule of successful football...NEVER use ex Man Utd players as your manager!!
    Mark Hughes, Brian Robson, Brian Kidd, Paul Ince, Gordon Strachan, Roy Keane, Steve Bruce, Steve Coppell etc;....ALL Rubbish!
    Well done Forest! (from an Aston Villa fan).

    From Troika, on Sun 4 Jan 10:22AM

  20. I'd just like to say that No.161 can't be an actual scouser as their aint no spellin mistakes in his report & what the hell would a real scouser be doin up this early after a late nite on the rob ??

    From carlpeel, on Sun 4 Jan 10:11AM
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