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When Tijjani Reijnders scored Manchester City's opener against Nottingham Forest in December, Pep Guardiola's first thought was to turn and recognize assistant manager Pep Lijnders' contribution. "You did that!" Guardiola shouted to Lijnders.
At halftime, Lijnders had relayed some weaknesses he'd seen in the way Nottingham Forest defended, and three minutes into the second half, City found the breakthrough. A ball in behind Forest's defensive line found Reijnders, who fired back across goalkeeper Matz Sels to give City the lead.