Analysis:Title race tilts Arsenal's way
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Pep Guardiola's side blinked first.
Manchester City led twice against Nottingham Forest but failed to see out the game and have dropped two priceless points as they aim to chase down Mikel Arteta's men.
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Arsenal did their job on the south coast and the north London side now hold a sizeable lead at the summit, albeit City have a game in hand.
City extended their unbeaten run to 10 games in all competitions but this may turn out to be a critical gameweek – Antoine Semenyo and Rodri scored in each half but the side failed to see out a game against a Forest team that have been out of form.
Star striker Erling Haaland returned to the starting line-up and went round Matz Sels in the first half, but could only steer his shot into the side-netting.
The Norwegian looked to take a similar chance in the second period and appeared to be caught by goalkeeper Sels, but the referee Darren England did not award a spot-kick and video assistant referee Tony Harrington decided not to overturn the decision.
England World Cup hopeful Phil Foden was also back in the 11 – given a start in place of the injured Nico O'Reilly – but failed to make an impact on the game and his worrying form goes on, extending his barren run to 17 games without scoring.
Captain Bernardo Silva did superbly to shimmie in between two Forest players at the start of the second half but a low shot bound for the bottom corner was brilliantly tipped wide by Sels.
Semenyo curled a free-kick inches over during eight minutes of injury-time and Savinho saw an effort cleared off the line by Murillo with the last kick of the game, as City were left disappointed.