City briefly went top of the Premier League following their Cherki-inspired win over Forest on Saturday. The former Lyon man provided the assist for Tijjani Reijnders' fourth league goal since his arrival from AC Milan. Forest were level shortly after as Omari Hutchinson bagged his first goal since his arrival at the City Ground from Ipswich.
Cherki then scored the winning goal for City after a deep corner was headed back to the France international by centre-back Josko Gvardiol for the 22-year-old to rifle past John Victor from the edge of the box.
City's lead at the top of the Premier League table only lasted a few hours as Arsenal returned to the summit with a 2-1 win over Brighton to re-open up a two-point lead over Pep Guardiola's side. Martin Odegaard scored the opening goal for the Gunners against the Seagulls, before a Georginio Rutter own goal doubled Arsenal's advantage.
Diego Gomez struck midway through the second half to set up a tense finish at the Emirates, though Arsenal held out to secure a third successive league win.