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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Nottingham Forest and Manchester City.

Here are some of your comments:

Nottingham Forest fans

Mossy: A brilliant all-round performance by Nottingham Forest and with Mr Marinakis in attendance it could not come at a better time for Oliver Glasner. On to Bournemouth after the international break and if we beat our bogey team it will be just about more pleasing than this result against Man City!

James: Wow! Where has that come from? Glasner's talk must really have got to the players, because that was incredible. Despite Delap rightly getting praised for his performance, can Jair Cunha get a moment of appreciation? Goal, goal line clearance, and did his part in locking down the City attackers. For me MOTM.

John: Superb performance. Delap will get the headlines but every Forest player was a success. Glasner's tactics were perfect. City couldn't get going because we didn't let them. Defence was solid, midfield worked going forward and tackling back, forward play was fast, fluent and effective. Everything that hasn't been going for us worked so well. What a confidence booster that must be.

Harry: A solid performance with three incredible goals to give us the three points we needed to jump above the relegation zone. There was a 15 minute period where City were all over us but we found our feet and responded with a spectacular goal from Liam Delap.

Sherman: Absolutely superb across the whole team. Everyone really turned up and we thoroughly deserved that win with three belting goals. Onwards from here. COYR.

Manchester City fans

Aidan: Don't understand how we can keep making individual errors at the back every match. Sloppiness is killing us time and time again and we look the most disjointed I've seen us in a long time. Maresca needs to find the answers FAST.

Mike: We only need a new back five, simple.

Ben: Both the manager and Fernandez need to get binned. No cutting edge, weak in midfield and no definite style of play. Kompany in as manager please.

Allison: We need a settled back four, chopping and changing doesn't promote confidence. In particular, we need to resolve the full back positions - I'm not convinced playing four centre halves is a good idea even if it keeps them happy.

Brian: Man City have run out of ideas and now run out of road. This was simply awful to watch and humiliating as a Man City fan. Lost in defence and lost in attack. The pressure of what has happened off the pitch is clearly impacting on the field of play. Players have lost pride in the shirt. This is a shadow of the team that started the season. Man City cannot defend and they struggle for pace and belief. What was all this big spend in aid of if they play as a team without ideas? This league is lost.

After scoring twice in Saturday's 3-1 win over Manchester City, Liam Delap told BBC Radio Nottingham: "We've been deserving that for a long, long time. We've been putting in the performances but just not getting the results.

"We really believe in him [Oliver Glasner]. We're all backing him. We have full trust and belief in him.

"It's football, everyone has bad days and good days. We took it on the chin, worked really hard this week and showed that we can come back."

Hear the full interview with Delap above or listen on BBC Sounds

Timothy Abraham
BBC Sport Journalist

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Liam Delap spent 10 years in Manchester City's academy before leaving for Ipswich in 2019.

His prolific form at Portman Road paved the way for a move to Chelsea, but he struggled to make an impact in west London and his career hit the buffers.

After managing just one goal in his first eight outings at the City Ground there were fears of regression, but he offered a timely reminder of the ability which persuaded Forest to shell out £50m for him with an electric display.

With his chest puffed out, Delap took the game to City's defence, driving at them with aggression, physicality and a determination to impose himself.

"When you come in with a price tag on your back everybody believes 'if you pay so much, he has to score all the goals'," Oliver Glasner said.

"He had one great season at Ipswich then lost a lot of confidence at Chelsea, so now he's getting better and better into rhythm."

It was the first time Delap has had two shots on target in a league match this season.

He scored with two of his three attempts against City (a 67% conversion), having scored just one goal from 24 shots in his first eight games (a 4% conversion).

"As a striker it's the most important thing [to score goals]," Delap added.

"The only thing you're judged on. You can play well and not score - really nice to score. Got to keep performing and improving but today I'm happy."

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Match of the Day's Danny Murphy breaks down Nottingham Forest's impressive 3-1 win over Manchester City, a victory that he believes could be "a turning point" in Forest's first season under Oliver Glasner.

Tim Abraham
BBC Sport Journalist

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A spring-heeled Oliver Glasner danced a merry jig, hoisting his fists in the air like a giddy dad on sports day, when Liam Delap popped in Nottingham Forest's second goal.

He went full Jose Mourinho, sprinting down the touchline to join his players when Delap nearly burst the net with the third.

These were the England striker's first goals at the City Ground, and will have tasted particularly sweet for manager and player alike.

Delap spent a decade in Manchester City's youth ranks before departing for Ipswich in 2019 - another product of City's conveyor belt who was not quite considered ready for the top shelf.

His goalscoring prowess in East Anglia earned him a move to Chelsea but his career stalled at Stamford Bridge after paltry returns.

After a slow start at the City Ground - one goal in his first eight appearances - he delivered a reminder of his qualities with a pulsating display.

Chest puffed out and shoulders back, he ran at City's backline with bustle and an intent to bully.

Forest have looked the part under former Crystal Palace boss Glasner, but that has not quite translated into results.

The Austrian will be eager for this to be the catalyst. Delap will be hoping likewise.