MANCHESTER, England, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Manchester City maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season with a 2-0 home win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday, making it six wins out of six despite losing midfielder Rodri to a red card early in the second half.
In all, referee Anthony Taylor doled out 11 yellow cards along with Rodri's red, with seven of the yellows coming in a bad-tempered second half as Forest tried to leverage their extra man, but to no avail.
I think the first half was brilliant apart from the last 10 (minutes), I think they found us out a little," Foden said.
"The second half was not what we expected because Rodri got a red card quite early... it wasn't ideal, but we showed a different side to us today to dig in, and I'm proud of the team."
Reporting by Philip O'Connor; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne and Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Rodri, Anthony Taylor doled, Phil Foden, Erling Haaland, Matheus Nunes, Morgan Gibbs, Jeremy Doku, Kalvin Phillips, Anthony Elanga, Callum Hudson, Pep Guardiola, Nathan Ake, Julian Alvarez, Nicolas Dominguez, Elanga, Ederson, Haaland, Foden, Philip O'Connor, Andrew Cawthorne
Organizations:
Manchester City, Premier League, Nottingham Forest, City, Forest, Thomson
Locations:
MANCHESTER, England, Manchester, Spanish