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  1. 'I hold my hands up and apologise'

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    Nottingham Forest midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White has been speaking to ITV about the result: "It's devastating. I feel sorry for the fans. I hold my hands up and apologise. I should have scored at least one of them chances.

    "As a team, we did not start well. That is what we wanted to do. Then in the second half, we came out fighting and we gave it absolutely everything.

    "The support never stopped until the very last second and we thank the fans for that because they have been so consistent with us throughout the season.

    "I'm lost for words really, I'm sad to go out like that. We gave it our everything but we keep going. We have still got the Premier League to focus on."

    On his first chance: "I've never hit a ball as sweetly on my weak foot in my life. As soon as that hit the crossbar, I knew it wasn't going to be our day."

    On his second chance: "I should score that one. I go around the goalkeeper and if I score that, it gives everyone in the stadium energy to try and go again. Even though we were 2-0 down, we showed resilience and kept fighting. That is the main thing.

    "I think if we get a goal, then we get another one. That was just the flow of the game at that moment. We had a few good chances that we didn't make the most of and all I can put that down to is that it wasn't our day.

    "We have a game plan that everyone believes in and sticks to. We executed it well in the first half. We nullified them, apart from their goal, and the main thing is that we came out fighting in the second half.

    "Anthony [Elanga] is a big threat for us and he showed that in the second half. We've got to put this behind us now and focus on the league - five big finals. We are going to give it our absolute everything and hope for the best."

  2. Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo

  3. Pep Guardiola

  4. 'We still have a lot to fight for'

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    Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo has been speaking to ITV after his side were knocked out of the FA Cup: "Both teams had chances. Manchester City started the game much better than ourselves and they were really clinical. We played a good game - we did well, competed well and had our chances. We knew how hard it was going to be, but we gave it our all.

    "It is important to take the positives. After the sadness and bad humour goes away, and you look back at the game, it makes us stronger for the future."

    On whether he should have started Anthony Elanga: "We had a lot of situations to decide. It was not an easy week to put the team together. We never know.

    "We had a game plan, but everything changed in terms of the goal we conceded. But the way we responded and reacted was really positive."

    On their Premier League run-in and the race for European football: "When the sadness fades and the fans go back to Nottingham and they wake up tomorrow, they will see that we still have a lot to fight for.

    "We will give it our all. We will try."

  5. Lucas Akins in action for Mansfield Town

  6. Morgan Gibbs-White

  7. Josko Gvardiol & Ruben Dias

  8. Nottingham Forest 0-2 Man City: Key stats

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    Nottingham Forest have only won one of their past eight matches in the FA Cup (D5 L2). The Reds exit this season's competition with just one win in five games (D3 L1), having progressed from all three previous rounds through penalty shootouts (against Exeter City, Ipswich Town and Brighton).

    Nuno Espirito Santo's side failed to attempt a shot in the first half at Wembley, making it just the second half of football all season where they have not had at least one shot (previously against Liverpool in September 2024).

    Zach Abbott (18 years and 349 days) was the youngest player to start an FA Cup game at Wembley since Marcus Rashford (18 years and 203 days) for Manchester United in the 2016 final against Crystal Palace.

  9. Rico Lewis

  10. Josko Gvardiol

  12. Notts celebrate

  13. Nottinghamshire's Haseeb Hameed and Ben Duckett touch gloves

  14. Manchester City celebrateg

  16. Sutton's predictions: Nottingham Forest v Man City

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    Pep Guardiola's team selection will be absolutely crucial here.

    Both of Manchester City's goals against Aston Villa on Tuesday came from their players being prepared to run at defenders - firstly Omar Marmoush and then Jeremy Doku, who had started the game on the bench.

    But Pep appears to be very cautious at the moment, and has not been using his out-and-out wingers, Doku or Savinho, very much because he wants to try to control the middle of the pitch.

    Doku and Savinho both started when Forest beat City at the beginning of March, which was City's last defeat, seven games ago, but it's unlikely that they will both start at Wembley.

    That does not make this tie any easier to call, though.

    Forest bounced back from a couple of defeats with a win over Tottenham on Monday, which was a huge result for their top-five hopes, and we know the way they are set up to counter-attack can cause City problems.

    I am not just saying this because Forest were my boyhood team, but I want anyone but City to win the FA Cup this season.

    I've got nothing against City but it would be a great story if any of the other three teams won it because they have either not won anything for so long or, in Crystal Palace's case, they have never won a major trophy at all.

    Despite that, I just have a feeling that City are going to put in a good performance here, and earn the right to reach their third straight FA Cup final.

    As much I hate to say it, I am expecting Pep to find a way to win, the same way they did against Everton and Aston Villa - although I hope I am wrong. My predictions are so bad at the moment, there is a good chance I will be.

    Sutton's prediction: 1-2

    Read the full predictions and have your say here

  17. A Terberg bin lorry tilted up outside a Terberg building

  18. Image of Ivania and Karla. They are in their twenties and both have dark hair. Ivania is wearing check jacket with a lime green jumper and Karla is wearing a grey wool coat

  19. One of the brown foals with its mother, a white shire horse in a field.

  20. Nottinghamshire's players celebrate taking another Sussex wicket

  21. Notts celebrate

  22. 'The fans will have a huge part to play'

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    Former defender Steve Cook believes Nottingham Forest will have a "fan advantage" over Manchester City at Wembley in their FA Cup semi-final.

    On BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up And Show More Football podcast, he spoke about his experience playing for Forest at Wembley in the 2022 Championship play-off final against Huddersfield Town.

    Cook said: "We knew the atmosphere would be leaning in our favour, and I think that will be the same on Sunday.

    "The Forest players will know they have a fan advantage and it's huge. When we walked out it was like a home match, but bigger and better.

    "The fans will have a huge part to play. They played a big part in the play-off final. They'll know because every home match they turn up, and you've seen how well the players have responded to it.

    "The players in the play-off final knew how much it meant, and the players now will know."

    You can listen to the full podcast here

  23. A group from Nottinghamshire who will attend the funeral of the Pope

  24. A police cordon in Beechdale