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Follow live as Nottm Forest face Man City in FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Rico Lewis puts Pep Guardiola's side in front from edge of box in second minute, Josko Gvardiol heads in second after break Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live commentary at top of page Winner will face Crystal Palace in final on Saturday, 17 May Get Involved: #bbcfootball, Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Bobbie Jackson Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Pep Guardiola also makes his first change of the game. Ilkay Gundogan comes on for Jack Grealish. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Clinton Morrison Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Wembley Stadium It is not going to be Forest's day. That was a golden opportunity. He looks like he did everything right but the angle was just too tight. It's not their day. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City More alterations for Nottingham Forest as Ibrahim Sangare and Taiwo Awoniyi come on. Elliot Anderson and Chris Wood are the players to make way. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Would you believe it? Morgan Gibbs-White has hit the woodwork again. Josko Gvardiol is sloppy on the ball, Gibbs-White pounces, rounds Stefan Ortega but the angle is tight and it comes back off the post. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Can’t believe how poor Forest have been today. It’s almost like the Premier League is more important… Robin, Coventry. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Elliot Anderson creeps to the edge of the box and has a pop. It's dragged well wide. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Morgan Gibbs-White has been booked in the aftermath of that shot. Not entirely sure why. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Clinton Morrison Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Wembley Stadium That was so unlucky. That could have been one of the best goals we have seen this weekend. The technique was outstanding, coming across on his weaker foot. He is so unlucky. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Morgan Gibbs-White is inches away from getting Nottingham Forest back in this tie. The Forest midfielder meets a cross on the full and crashes a volley off the crossbar. It's so beautifully hit and Stefan Ortega was rooted to the spot. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Clinton Morrison Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Wembley Stadium Forest have been much better in this half, they let themselves down in the first half. It's disappointing after having had such a good season. Zach Abbott has done really well especially. Forest have got to keep believing but they are struggling to get hold of the ball; City can keep the ball for fun. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City This time it's Matheus Nunes with the cross. It's too deep and Omar Marmoush keeps it alive but the move breaks down. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Omar Marmoush is enjoying himself today. The Egypt winger has a sight at goal and Matz Sels is forced to tip over the bar. Manchester City are swarming all over Nottingham Forest now. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Bernardo Silva teases in a ball and Murillo heads out for a corner. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Just 30 minutes to try and salvage something for Nottingham Forest. They haven't reached the final of the FA Cup since 1991. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Bernardo Silva swings a free-kick to the back post but it's just out the reach of captain Ruben Dias. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Is it time for Nuno Espirito Santo to consider further changes? By the way Manchester City's bench looks pretty strong today - Kevin de Bruyne, Phil Foden and Ilkay Gundogan among the options for Pep Guardiola. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Manchester City fans are well outnumbered by Nottingham Forest fans at Wembley today but they aren't being outsung. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Jack Grealish is the first player to be booked as his high boot catches Morgan Gibbs-White. Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Josko Gvardiol has scored 11 goals for Manchester City across all competitions; the joint-most by a defender for a Premier League club since the start of last season, along with Newcastle's Fabian Schar (11). Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Early goals in each half could be the difference. The half-time team talk goes out the window now, surely? Nottingham Forest have to gamble to get back into this. Match report to appear here. Follow live coverage of Sunday's FA Cup semi-final Rate players out of 10 for this game. The rater will close 30 minutes after the final whistle. You must be signed-in to a BBC account to play. After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Pep Guardiola Formation: 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Pep Guardiola Formation: 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 FA Cup All competitions All competitions All competitions Nottingham Forest have beaten Man City 1-0 in the Premier League this season, last beating them twice in the same campaign in 1989-90 (2x league, 1x Full Members Cup). Manchester City have lost four of their five FA Cup meetings with Nottingham Forest (W1), most recently a 3-0 home loss in the third round in 2008-09. This is Nottingham Forest’s first FA Cup semi-final appearance since 1990-91 under Brian Clough, beating West Ham 4-0 at Villa Park before eventually losing to Spurs in the final. This is Man City’s seventh consecutive appearance in an FA Cup semi-final, winning three and losing three of the previous six. They’ve won the last two, and are looking to reach the final in three consecutive years for the first time. This will be just Nottingham Forest’s second match at Wembley Stadium since its reopening in 2007, previously beating Huddersfield 1-0 in the 2022 Championship play-off final. Meanwhile, this will be Man City’s 28th game at the ‘new’ Wembley (as a neutral venue), with only Chelsea playing there more often (30). Manchester City reached the League Cup final in four consecutive seasons between 2017-18 and 2020-21. They could now reach the FA Cup final for a third consecutive year and would be the first side to reach the final of both major domestic trophies three seasons running. Nottingham Forest have progressed via penalties in the fourth round, fifth round and the quarter-final of this season’s FA Cup, the first team to have three shootouts in a single campaign in the competition. They also lost on penalties to Newcastle in the EFL Cup, with Chelsea in 2021-22 the only top-flight team to contest five penalty shootouts in a single campaign. Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espírito Santo could become the second Portuguese manager to reach the FA Cup final after José Mourinho, who beat Manchester United (with Chelsea) in 2007 and lost to Chelsea (with Manchester United) in 2018. Since the 2021-22 campaign, Ryan Yates has had a hand in eight FA Cup goals in 13 games for Nottingham Forest (4 goals, 4 assists), five more than any other player. He also scored the winning penalty in the quarter-final shootout against Brighton in March. Since his debut in the FA Cup in January 2016, Man City’s Kevin De Bruyne has been involved in more goals in the competition proper than any other player (28 – 10 goals, 18 assists). Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.