Manchester City lost ground on fellow Premier League title challengers Arsenal after being held to a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest as Chris Wood's late leveller cancelled out Bernardo Silva's sublime opener
A moment of solo brilliance from Silva in the 41st minute looked to be sending City back to the summit, but for an impressive second-half resurgence from Steve Cooper's side, who converted their only shot on target with six minutes remaining
Earlier in the day, Arsenal were forced to come from behind twice to beat Aston Villa, usurping City in the race for the title, and the Gunners now hold a two-point advantage at the top with a game in hand
Erling Haaland, attempting to respond to recent claims he is not the correct fit for City's style of play, struck the crossbar before blasting the resulting rebound aimlessly over in the second half, as the wasteful visitors couldn't turn their dominance into anything more than a solitary point
How big these two dropped points will be in the race for the Premier League crown remains to be seen, with Pep Guardiola admitting he was "sad and disappointed" not to have capitalised on significant momentum in the game
Forest are now unbeaten in eight home league encounters, winning half of those - their best home unbeaten run in the top-flight since 1996
 "We sacrificed ideals," manager Steve Cooper said after the game
 "We gave up what we usually want to do in games of football but it's a positive result," he summarised
Another twist in the tale of an intriguing Premier League title charge
 City looked primed to exchange places at the top with Arsenal after Silva's first-half stunner, but stubborn Forest had other ideas - led expertly by captain Joe Worrall, who was a rock at the back
The hosts rode their luck throughout, suffering through 23 efforts on Keylor Navas' goal, but City could only make one stick
City's string of missed opportunities, including two from Haaland, proved particularly costly when Wood appeared at the back post to tap home Morgan Gibbs-White's low cross in the 84th minute
The draw takes the shine off City's midweek win, after getting the better of Mikel Arteta's Arsenal at the Emirates to gain a foothold at the top, only to be pegged back by the league's 13th-placed side three days later
Indeed, the visitors fluffed multiple chances to make it 2-0 before Wood's timely intervention, with Phil Foden, Aymeric Laporte and Rodri all guilty of spurning presentable openings
Laporte was completely unmarked from Kevin De Bruyne's corner in the 63rd minute but headed straight at Navas, while Foden's spilled shot was blazed carelessly over the bar by Haaland moments later
Defiant Forest also needed Navas to tip Ilkay Gundogan's fizzing free-kick over the upright, paving the way for Wood to pounce late on, but not before Guardiola's overenthusiastic display of frustration on the sidelines was punished with a yellow card
 "We have to look at ourselves - we can do better
 Today we miss too many clear chances
 It sometimes happens," the City boss conceded post-match
"I was complaining to the fourth official and got a well deserved yellow card," he added
"It was a brilliant performance but we didn't score
 From the goal we could defend better with more energy
 First half it should be two or three zero
 We drop points, it's sad and disappointing
 But the way we play was really good
 Today was not our day
"It was 15 games [until the end of the season] now it's 14
 We create chances and are good on transitions but we miss chances
 We didn't score that's all
 We don't make many excuses
 I'm not a guy who is here to talk about something we cannot control
"I was complaining to the fourth official and got a well deserved yellow card
"When they give everything they give everything
 There was endeavour to win
 We played a good game, we just missed the second goal
 We have to look at ourselves - we can do better
 Today we miss too many clear chances
 It sometimes happens
"(Erling) Haaland is positive, he keeps going
 Today we were much better than the opponent but we didn't score the goals so we have to blame ourselves
""We knew the game was going to look like it did
 We planned for that
 You are playing against an incredible team - the best in the world at domestic level
 You have to sacrifice the ideals in the game to try and get something out of it
"We put a plan in place to try and get something out of it
 They had loads of the ball and the territory
 You need a bit of luck when you play them, we deserved that
"I'm disappointed with VAR - it's a clear foul on Joe Worrall for the goal
 VAR have let the referee down there
 Of all weekends they needed a good one
 This is another talking point
 We're disappointed with that
"The players listened and stuck to the plan
 We gave up what we usually want to do in games of football
 It was a great goal
 So it's a positive result
 I thought we got away with it, if I'm honest
 If we'd have gone open like we normally do - City are dangerous
 We run the risk no doubt
 We got our moment and it's a great goal
"The pendulum swings back Arsenal's way
 The Gunners came from behind twice before scoring two goals in injury time to beat Aston Villa, a feat City were powerless to match after getting pegged back by plucky Forest two hours later
 This will feel like a loss
The prolific Haaland went missing
 Guardiola, booked for confronting the fourth official over an incident involving the Norwegian striker, was unusually composed in his post-match address
He bemoaned missed chances and was critical of poor defending for the goal conceded, but also gave a glowing review of a "brilliant" performance
 His body language on the sidelines during the game said differently
 Guardiola spent almost the entirety of the first half with his hands on his hips on the edge of his technical area - he was anxiously watching wave after wave of City attacks end in disappointment
A week that began with so much promise - outshining Arsenal on their own patch - has ended in regret