The British media are very pleased with Tijjani Reijnders’ performance against Nottingham Forest. The Manchester City midfielder was important for his team with his opening goal, which returned home with a 1-2 victory. Rayan Cherki also receives very positive feedback.
On Saturday, Reijnders scored for the first time since leaving AC Milan in two consecutive league matches. On Cherki’s instructions, the Dutchman scored the 0-1, while he also scored the 2-0 against West Ham United last week.
Afterwards, the City midfielder said via official channels that he was very happy with the victory. He also praises his fellow player. “Cherki is a great player. He can perfectly find the spaces between the lines or behind the defenders. Hopefully he keeps this up,” said Reijnders.
Manchester Evening News is full of praise for Reijnders’ performance. “He had a great running action and ditto finish at 0-1. He is starting to become more and more reliable for the enemy goal.”
At the BBC, viewers selected him as the best player of the match after Cherki and Phil Foden. The City Extra fan page also has positive feedback. “At times, Reijnders was forced to drop quite far back in possession of the ball, which does not really suit his qualities.”
“On the other hand, he made his trademark run from midfield behind the defense to score the first goal of the match, while City generally struggled to create chances.”
“It was an interesting choice to bring him on for Savinho in the 73rd minute; he may need to refine his play on the ball to be able to play 90 minutes more often and more consistently,” it said.
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