Manchester City are back. In second place.
For 84 minutes it looked as though Pep Guardiola's resurgent side were steamrollering their way to the top of the Premier League again, completely dominating a game to the point that it looked as though it wouldn't matter that they had missed enough good chances to repeat their 6-0 victory in the return fixture. But one, late switch-off allowed Forest to equalise from nowhere and put another different spin on a title race that has become dizzying.
It is staggering that not two weeks have passed since City lost poorly to Tottenham and yet went one bounce of the Aston Villa goalkeeper's head of moving two points clear of Arsenal. As it was, the Gunners are galvanised and can take as much heart from the fact that a City side that looked back to their cold-blooded title-winning best have slipped up again.
