Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City LIVE – City reach third successive FA Cup final, reaction to follow

Nuno continued: “Today is a sad day, it will be hard. But tomorrow when you wake up and the sadness is gone, you will know that we have big things ahead of us to fight for.

“We always learn from the games- individually, as a team and as a club. Today we learnt as a club that it is possible to achieve what we want to achieve. Very thankful for the way the fans stayed until the end to applaud us, we cannot thank them enough. And we keep going.”

Nuno said: “We started really badly, City started really well and it made everything hard. It took a little time to feel comfortable, to adjust, but after that we did a good game.

“The first half was more difficult, in the second half the momentum changed a little bit. We had a couple of chances that could have made the game a different story.”

The Catalan declared: “Rico is a pocket (player), 8, 10, he moves really well in small spaces. Sometimes when we play not good like this season it’s not necessary.

“But when we play really good and control and top the opponents in the final third, players can move in the small spaces, it’s really important and Rico is one of the best I have ever seen, one of the best. The way he receives, his control, his rhythm, it’s really good. And after that we scored a fantastic goal.”

Guardiola continued: “Seven semi-finals speaks highly about this generation of players. We are really pleased we are there.

“I’ve said many times this season has not been good because what defines that is the Premier League, the consistency, and it has always been that way. This season it could not happen but the most important thing is qualification for the Champions League. We have to be calm now and recover because we have fatigue. But we have five days.”

Pep Guardiola started: “Before I start, on behalf of myself and all of the club, we want to congratulate Liverpool Football Club for the Premier League victory.

“Well deserved, no doubt about that. Fantastic team… hopefully next season we can be better to compete until the end, this season it was not possible. So congratulations Liverpool.”

City reach the FA Cup final for a third successive season!

It was a relatively simple victory for them in the end and Forest will be disappointed with their performance. An early goal in each half was all it took for the Blues and they will return to Wembley to face Crystal Palace in the final.

Doku breaks forward and drives between two Forest players on the edge of their box.

The Belgian is brought down and Ramon Sosa is booked.

The fourth official has indicated that there will be a minimum of four minutes of added time.

The Poznań is on show in the City end.

Kovacic is taken off by Guardiola.

January signing Nico Gonzalez will play the final minutes for City.

Nicolas Domingues and Zach Abbott are withdrawn.

Jota Silva and Ramon Sosa are on.

Jeremy Doku and Phil Foden are sent on by Guardiola.

The duo replace Omar Marmoush and Savinho.

Forest have a dangerous attack but somehow the ball stays out.

Hudson-Odoi is picked out at the back post but his shot is blocked. It falls to Awoniyi who hits the post with a shot. It then comes back Ito the middle and Ortega produces a fine stop to deny a Gibbs-White header.

O’Reilly drags back Elanga and is shown a yellow card by the referee.

Forest have a free-kick in a dangerous position.

City have gone close to scoring a third again.

Marmoush and O’Reilly both have attempts blocked from inside the box and the ball goes behind for another City corner.

Jack Grealish is taken off by Guardiola.

Ilkay Gundogan wil play the final 20 minutes for City.

Taiwoo Awoniyi and Ibrahim Sangare are on for Forest.

The duo replace Chris Wood and Eliot Anderson.

A mix up at the back for City gives Gibbs-White a golden opportunity.

He takes the ball round Ortega but cannot finish into the empty net from a tight angle and hits the post again.

After going close to scoring, Gibbs-White picks up a yellow card.

He drags back Kovacic to stop City breaking forward.

Forest break forward and almost reduce the deficit.

Elanga picks out Morgan Gibbs-White on the edge of the box and the Englishman’s volley beats Stefan Ortega but rattles against the crossbar.

Marmoush links up well with Grealish on the edge of the Forest penalty area.

The Egyptian gets into the box and fires at goal but Sels turns it round the post for a corner.

Jack Grealish is shown the first yellow card of the afternoon.

A high foot from the Englishman catches a Forest defender and the referee brandishes the yellow card.

City are not given a penalty but it does not matter as they score from the resulting corner!

Josko Gvardiol heads into the top corner and doubles the Blues’ lead.

City get forward and after a couple of saves from Sels the ball falls to Kovacic inside the box.

The Croatian’s shot is blocked by the arm of Zach Abbott but no penalty is awarded.

Elanga has made an immediate impact for the Reds.

Callum Hudson-Odoi gets forward for Forest and picks out the substitute in the middle. He shoots wide but it is a positive start to the second half for Nuno’s side.