{"id":14974,"date":"2025-03-08T20:35:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T15:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=574154"},"modified":"2025-03-08T20:39:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T15:09:19","slug":"nottingham-forest-1-0-manchester-city-is-this-pep-guardiolas-worst-ever-league-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/nottingham-forest-1-0-manchester-city-is-this-pep-guardiolas-worst-ever-league-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest 1-0 Manchester City: Is this Pep Guardiola\u2019s worst-ever league campaign?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">In a shocking Premier League result on March 8, 2025, Nottingham Forest secured a hard-fought 1-0 victory over reigning champions Manchester City at the City Ground. The defeat marked Manchester City\u2019s ninth loss of the season, equaling Pep Guardiola\u2019s highest-ever number of league defeats in a single campaign.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Nottingham Forest\u2019s Historic Win Over Manchester City<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Nottingham Forest put on a resilient defensive display, frustrating Manchester City\u2019s high-powered attack. A 83rd minute goal from Callum Hudson-Odoi was enough to separate the two sides, leaving City\u2019s title hopes in jeopardy. Forest\u2019s victory was a testament to their tactical discipline and counter-attacking threat.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Pep Guardiola\u2019s Most Challenging Season Yet<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>With nine losses in 28 Premier League matches, Pep Guardiola has now matched his worst-ever league record as a head coach, a statistic he previously endured during the 2019-20 season with Manchester City. This unexpected dip in form raises concerns about City\u2019s ability to defend their league title.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Premier League Title Race Blown Wide Open<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>City\u2019s defeat hands an advantage to their title rivals, who will be looking to capitalize on their slip-up. With crucial fixtures ahead, Guardiola\u2019s side must quickly regroup if they are to stay in contention for silverware this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocking Premier League result on March 8, 2025, Nottingham Forest secured a hard-fought 1-0 victory over reigning champions\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":36412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[359],"class_list":["post-14974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-pep-guardiola"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}