Man City 2-1 Brighton
Manchester City scorer: Julián Álvarez (7’), Erling Haaland (19’)
Brighton & Hove Albion scorer: Ansu Fati (73’)
Red Card: Manuel Akanji (90’+5’)
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Referee: Robert Jones
LINE-UPS
Manchester City: Ortega; Walker, Stones ( Dias, 75’), Akanji, Gvardiol; Silva, Rodri; Foden, Álvarez (Aké, 90+6’), Doku (Grealish, 75’); Haaland
Subs: Ederson, Phillips, Kovacic, Gomez, Nunes, Lewis
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Brighton & Hove Albion: Steele; Milner (Veltman, 45’), Dunk, Igor, March (van Hecke, 90+4’); Baleba (Gilmour, 66’), Groß; Adingra, Welbeck (Ferguson, 16’), Mitoma; Pedro (Fati, 66’)
Subs: Verbruggen, Webster, Dahoud, Lallana
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
7’ Goal! Manchester City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box.
16’ Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Evan Ferguson replaces Danny Welbeck because of an injury.
19’ Goal! Manchester City 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box.
36’ Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38’ Rodri (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45+5’ HT Manchester City 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
45’ Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces James Milner.
63’ Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
64’ IgorJulio (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
66’ Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ansu Fati replaces João Pedro.
66’ Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Billy Gilmour replaces Carlos Baleba.
73’ Goal! Manchester City 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Ansu Fati (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box.
75’ Substitution, Manchester City. Rúben Dias replaces John Stones.
75’ Substitution, Manchester City. Jack Grealish replaces Jérémy Doku.
84’ Jack Grealish (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90+4’ Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jan van Hecke replaces Solly March because of an injury.
90+5’ Second yellow card to Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) for a bad foul.
90+6’ Substitution, Manchester City.Nathan Aké replaces Julián Álvarez.
Sucks that we have no akanji for the Derby. Now we’re stuck with ake/Gvardiol + Dias + Stones + Walker. We need better defenders smh
Has Doku supplanted Grealish?
Doku was dangerous today.
Close game
It’s rare to see a team of much lower expected quality dominate possession against a pep guardiola side but brighton played great second half.
How is Fati doing so far?
He played very well tbh
why is Ederson benched?
Honestly wasn’t the statement demolition I was expecting. Perhaps this year the title race could get interesting…
Brighton are a good team, has everyone forgotten that?
First time I’ve watched them in a while. Their comfort in playing out the back with extremely tight passes was impressive. Mitoma too, such a joy to watch. Would not have been surprised if Brighton grabbed an equaliser.
They concede for fun, only the bottom three have conceded more than them.
And? They have scored more goals than 18 other teams in the league; including City.
Wasn’t expecting a result, glad we played well and had a chance at a point. Get well Solly!!! UTA!
Ref lost the thread at the end there. Suddenly, every touch is a foul and a yellow card.
Graelish wont be anywhere near starting 11 with doku around, when graelish came on all he does it get the ball and pass it back
Thing about grealish is that he don’t loose the ball much.
Shit’s won us the treble so can’t be that bad lol
Wank in the first half, been crap every time Milner plays it’s no a coincidence we came into the game when he was off.
A lot of poor performances in general but overall 2-1 loss away at City and managed to get them a red card not awful the injuries are more concerning given this game was a write off.
Now 5 games without a win so hopefully that changes against Ajax the schedule is a bit easier going forward now in the league.
No idea what De Zebri was thinking when playing Milner against one of the most quick and direct winger in the league
Would love to hear more about how we’re constantly favoured by the refs after that performance from Rob Jones. Gave just about everything Brighton’s way
He’s not a manc ref who’s bribed to go over an ref uae games. He’s not on your owners payroll so he didn’t give you every decision like the other refs
Such a shit display in the second half. and not sure if Akanji deserved a 2nd yellow.
It was definitely a yellow.