But 10 minutes later, Brighton levelled when Pervis Estupiñan curled a free-kick around the City wall which crept in off the far post. Parity did not last until the interval and Marmoush put the Cityzens back into the driving seat when he followed through on the crowd's urge to shoot from the edge of the area with a sweet strike.

Champions League qualification is getting tantalizingly close for Nottingham Forest but there's still plenty of work to do for Manchester City.