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.
City ain’t what they used to be
If only they could score from that corner Would’ve been huge for Brighton to take a point at the Etihad
CiTy HaVe BoUgHt ThE rEfS!!11!!
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.
Uhhh should’ve been at least 2.5-3 more mins there right? Ref not tracking the injury or the sub time properly
Close game
3 points all that matters.
Next game.
Doku would have to be ahead of Grealish already? City look so much more threatening with Doku out wide.
Such a shit display in the second half. and not sure if Akanji deserved a 2nd yellow.
It was definitely a yellow.
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
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.
Sucks that we have no akanji for the Derby. Now we’re stuck with ake/Gvardiol + Dias + Stones + Walker. We need better defenders smh
why is Ederson benched?
Wasn’t expecting a result, glad we played well and had a chance at a point. Get well Solly!!! UTA!