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.

  • innit122@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Sucks that we have no akanji for the Derby. Now we’re stuck with ake/Gvardiol + Dias + Stones + Walker. We need better defenders smh

  • BadBehaviour613@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Honestly wasn’t the statement demolition I was expecting. Perhaps this year the title race could get interesting…

      • g0t-cheeri0s@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        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.

  • Fifaneymar2535@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    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

  • punindya@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • jerrie86@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Such a shit display in the second half. and not sure if Akanji deserved a 2nd yellow.

  • Switchnaz@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • scbeski@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Uhhh should’ve been at least 2.5-3 more mins there right? Ref not tracking the injury or the sub time properly

  • FancyCrawdad@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    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

    • MisterS1997@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      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

  • JakeNutters@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • PowderEagle_1894@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      No idea what De Zebri was thinking when playing Milner against one of the most quick and direct winger in the league