Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has praised five players in his team following a 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

Josko Gvardiol and Erling Haaland scored for the champions as they kept pace with leaders Arsenal.City, however, have a game in hand over the Gunners.When Guardiola was asked about what he liked about their display at the Forest Ground, he said: “We defended the box really good. Especially with Manu [Akanji], Nathan [Ake] and Josko [Gvardiol].“Then in the last half hour, when Bernardo [Silva] came inside with Kova [Kovacic], we controlled the game more.

“We are a team that survives with the ball. It is a lot of games and we knew today would be difficult for many reasons. But we take the win and move forward.”