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Nottingham Forest beat Manchester City 3-1 as Delap scores twice

Nottingham Forest beat Manchester City 3-1 for their first home win of the season on Nov. 7, with Liam Delap scoring twice. Leeds ended a five-game winless run by beating Tottenham 1-0.

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Nottingham Forest. (Photo: Paul Hudson / CC BY 2.0, cropped)
Nottingham Forest. (Photo: Paul Hudson / CC BY 2.0, cropped)

Nottingham Forest beat Manchester City 3-1 in the Premier League on Nov. 7, with Liam Delap scoring twice to secure their first home win of the season, ESPN reported.

Forest scored twice before halftime and added a third after City pulled a goal back. Elsewhere, Leeds United ended a five-game winless league run with a 1-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur.

Delap scored in the 18th and 73rd minutes at the City Ground, where the attendance was 30,762, according to ESPN's scoreboard. His first goal extended Forest's lead and his second restored their two-goal advantage.

Jair Cunha opened the scoring for Forest in the sixth minute, putting the hosts ahead before Delap made it 2-0. Rayan Cherki scored City's only goal in the 52nd minute to bring the visitors within one.

Cherki's goal left City trailing 2-1 until Delap scored again with 17 minutes of normal time left. Forest's three goals were the most scored by any team across the day's four completed matches.

Leeds secured their victory at Elland Road in front of 36,924 spectators. Noah Okafor came off the bench and scored the only goal in the 79th minute, leaving Tottenham without a reply.

The teams were level for the opening 78 minutes before Okafor broke the deadlock. His goal gave Leeds their first Premier League win after five matches without a victory.

Arsenal also won 1-0, beating Hull City at Emirates Stadium in front of 60,285 spectators. Captain Martin Ødegaard scored in the 72nd minute to settle a match that remained goalless through halftime.

Ødegaard's goal separated the teams at the final whistle, giving Arsenal a home victory before the international break. Hull finished without a goal, matching Tottenham's score in the other 1-0 result.

Fulham and Newcastle United drew 1-1 at Craven Cottage, where 27,367 spectators attended. Both goals came in the final 10 minutes of normal time, with Newcastle scoring first and Fulham equalising three minutes later.

Jacob Murphy put Newcastle ahead in the 80th minute, breaking a deadlock that had lasted throughout the first half and most of the second. Rodrigo Muniz answered in the 83rd minute to secure Fulham's draw.

All four matches were played on Nov. 7. The home teams finished unbeaten, with Forest, Leeds and Arsenal winning and Fulham drawing. The matches produced eight goals, half of them in Forest's victory over City.

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