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.
Close game
If only they could score from that corner Would’ve been huge for Brighton to take a point at the Etihad
Uhhh should’ve been at least 2.5-3 more mins there right? Ref not tracking the injury or the sub time properly
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
3 points all that matters.
Next game.
That was too stressful at the end for how much control we had throughout the match. Should have buried them in the first half itself.
Doku would have to be ahead of Grealish already? City look so much more threatening with Doku out wide.
City ain’t what they used to be
CiTy HaVe BoUgHt ThE rEfS!!11!!
Such a shit display in the second half. and not sure if Akanji deserved a 2nd yellow.
It was definitely a yellow.
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.
Ref lost the thread at the end there. Suddenly, every touch is a foul and a yellow card.
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
How is Fati doing so far?
He played very well tbh
why is Ederson benched?