Guardiola selected Jack Grealish in a central role while Josko Gvardiol, who had struggled during the winless run, roamed from defence and often ended up leading attacks for City and Jeremy Doku, who got an excellent third for City, threatened throughout. The win was the main thing, but questions remain for Guardiola going forward.

Here are the City player ratings as Manchester City finally ended this seven-game winless run with a 3-nil win over Nottingham Forest. It was a welcome sight to see City resemble the team we all know that they are.

Kevin De Bruyne was blasted live on Sky Sports for what he did as Man City finally broke their winless run under Pep Guardiola.