Manchester City will take on Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday as they return to Premier League action. Today we will discuss about Manchester City vs Brighton: Result| Highlights| Analysis
Manchester City vs Brighton: Result| Highlights| Analysis
Manchester City will take on Brighton & Hove Albion in their latest Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium today.
The Blues are looking to make a comeback after losing to Liverpool at Anfield last weekend. They find themselves second on the table, four points behind leaders Arsenal, but can close the gap with a win today against Southampton with the Gunners not in action until yesterday.
Brighton are under a new manager in Roberto de Zerby, who has lost to Chelsea to Graham Potter but sits a respectable eighth.
Result
City beat a spirited Brighton side 3–1 at the Etihad Stadium, passing 600 goals under Pep Guardiola in the process.
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Erling Haaland’s 16th and 17th goals this Premier League season as well as a Kevin de Bruyne strike earned City a welcome three points as we bounced back from a loss at Liverpool.
Our summer signing showed his first speed and power on 22 minutes as he ran through the ball on Ederson’s penalty before catching defender Adam Webster, rounding keeper Robert Sanchez and sliding home.
Then, on 43 minutes, he blasted home a spot-kick earned by Bernardo Silva after the Portuguese was brought down in the box by Lewis Dunk.
That second goal meant Guardiola had overseen 600 goals for City in the Premier League since arriving at the start of the 2016–17 campaign, with De Bruyne ensuring 601.
Haaland became the first Cityman after Sergio Aguero to score in seven consecutive home games in the 2017-18 campaign.
Highlights
Erling Haaland struck twice and Kevin de Bruyne scored in the second half as Manchester City secured a 3-1 home win over Brighton in the Premier League. Hollande scored for the seventh consecutive home game in all competitions and gave City the lead in the middle of the first half and then fired a penalty in the 43rd minute, when a VAR review ruled that visiting captain Lewis Dunk fired Bernardo Silva. was fouled.
Brighton pulled a goal back early in the second half when Leandro Trossard rifled a shot from the edge of the field down Diving City goalkeeper Ederson. Trossard almost found an equalizer when he shot down the left wing and headed for goal but this time Ederson got the better of him and blocked the shot to force a corner.
Analysis
There are entire social media accounts dedicated to things that usually garner thousands of likes on the back of some god-awful Golmouth mayhem from the 1990s where everyone falls.
That sort of thing probably doesn’t light Pep Guardiola’s candle, but objectively speaking, Erling Haaland’s first goal in Manchester City’s 3-1 win over Brighton on Saturday was actually a lot of fun.
Truth be told, things were not going well for City. Guardiola’s pre-match praise for Brighton coach Roberto de Zerbi didn’t seem to go wrong at all.
The visitors went head-to-head in the central midfield, meaning Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and a revolving Joo Cancello starved from the room.
Ederson, usually so principled at the ball when involved in City’s build-up, became upset on a few occasions, unable to find a useful pass as a press led by Renaissance Danny Welbeck, making city life a little miserable. done.
During the early break in the game, Ederson joined Ruben Dias, Silva and Haaland for some tactical instructions from Guardiola. Maybe it’s a thigh-slap opener.
Former City defender Nedum Onuoha told The Sporting News last week: “One we haven’t really seen yet is Ederson getting the ball and [Haaland] sprinting a 70-yard diagonal to play. Is.” “These are things that City have in their arsenal.”
