Arsenal might still be leading 2:1, but Manchester City's goal has given Nottingham Forest an immense confidence boost. They felt like all the hard work they had put in up until that point had been worth it. The fans started singing Bendtner's song and cheering for Manchester City in the stands. They had completely put their feelings of hostility toward Manchester City aside.
The Nottingham Forest players began to get even more lively on the pitch as well. They were relentless against a Sunderland side that had lost all will to fight. The Forest players could not help Manchester City score goals against Arsenal. All they could do right now was to try and score as many goals as they could so as to boost their confidence and hopes of becoming champions of the Premier League. If they could, they really wanted to score at least six goals against Sunderland in this home game.
