<p>Nottingham Forest dealt a major blow to <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/epl-we-need-another-title-says-mohamed-salah-after-special-man-city-win-23489240" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Manchester City</strong></a>&rsquo;s bid to qualify for the Champions League as Callum Hudson-Odoi&rsquo;s late winner sealed a 1-0 victory for the home side on Saturday.&nbsp;</p>
<p>City have been reduced to battling for a place in next season&rsquo;s Champions League after a dismal campaign.&nbsp;</p>
<p>With six titles in the past seven seasons, City have rarely had to worry about their place in the Premier League&rsquo;s top four in the Pep Guardiola era. Yet they left the City Ground looking anxiously over their shoulders after a first league loss to Forest since 1997.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img title="Manchester City players appear dejected as they walk off the field following their loss to Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Pics/Getty Images" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2025/mar/Cityzens-succumb-a_e.jpg" alt="Manchester City players appear dejected as they walk off the field following their loss to Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Pics/Getty Images" width="1280" height="720" /><strong><em>Manchester City players appear dejected as they walk off the field following their loss to Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Pics/Getty Images</em></strong></p>
<p>Fifth-placed Chelsea, just one point adrift of City, will go above the champions if they beat lowly Leicester on Sunday.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Finishing fifth could still be enough for City to reach Europe&rsquo;s elite club competition depend on the results of the English clubs who remain in continental competitions this term. However, for City to achieve that goal, they will have to &nbsp;shown signs of significant improvement.</p>
<h2>Notts&rsquo; fairytale continues&nbsp;</h2>
<p>Third-placed Forest are enjoying a fairytale season just a year after battling relegation, the former European champions are closing on a &nbsp;Champions League berth for the first time since 1980-81.</p>
<p>Forest rained down fire and brimstone in a stirring finale that followed a tepid first half.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Midfielder Nicolas Dominguez was the first to test City goalkeeper Ederson after the interval with a volley, as City struggled to conjure any clear-cut chances.<br />Hudson-Odoi then fired a warning shot at City in the 68th minute as he cut inside from the left and let fly a drive that was met with an excellent save from Ederson who deflected it onto the post.</p>
<h2>Pep&rsquo;s subs fail</h2>
<p>Guardiola then sent on Omar Marmoush, Kevin De Bruyne, Rico Lewis and Mateo Kovacic in a bid to spark City to life, but to no avail.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Hudson-Odoi was not to be denied in the 83rd minute as Morgan Gibbs-White found him on the right with a cross-field pass enabling the forward to drill one past Ederson&rsquo;s &nbsp;near post.</p>
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