Manchester City 3 1 Brighton 5 Hits and Flops as Haaland s brace and De Bruyne s wonder goal down the Seagulls Premier League 2022 23
Manchester City 3-1 Brighton: 5 Hits and Flops as Haaland's brace and De Bruyne's wonder-goal down the Seagulls Premier League 2022-23 Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Approve Reject & ban Delete Logout
XI , Akanji, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, (c), , , Grealish, Haaland
SUBS Ortega Moreno, Stones, Ake, Gundogan, Alvarez, Gomez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis
TEAM NEWS XI Ederson, Akanji, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne (c), Bernardo, Mahrez, Grealish, HaalandSUBS Ortega Moreno, Stones, Ake, Gundogan, Alvarez, Gomez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis Manchester City made a positive start to the first half as they were backed by a vociferous home support. They controlled the tempo of the game in midfield and barely allowed Brighton an opportunity to get out of their own half. This allowed Joao Cancelo and Riyad Mahrez to take up some advanced positions in wide areas to kick-start moves from. Despite taking just four shots at goal, City were able to get on the scoresheet twice in the first period, showing their ruthlessness in front of goal. Ederson released Erling Haaland with a lovely kick upfield, putting him in a one-v-one against Adam Webster. Haaland used his brute strength to shrug his marker off before finishing to make it 1-0. Bernardo Silva was then awarded a penalty after attempting to wriggle through a crowd of Brighton players. He left a leg in and was brought down. Nothing was awarded and play went on for nearly two minutes before the referee stopped the game to review the move on the monitor. Haaland stepped up and converted the resulting penalty as Manchester City carried a two-goal lead into half-time. HALF-TIME Leading at the break!
HALF-TIME Leading at the break! Brighton made a dream start to the second half as they cut into Manchester City's lead just eight minutes after the restart. Solly March played a lovely ball forward to , who got on his bike and drove forward with the ball. He then unleashed a sharply struck effort which dipped and beat Ederson in goal as the score was 2-1 after 53 minutes. Both managers made changes to their XIs in a bid to add a different dimension to how the game was being played. Players from either side were booked as the game started getting heated. However, De Bruyne settled the issue after 75 minutes, striking the ball with perfection to guide it into the top-left corner. Manchester City did well to hold onto their two-goal cushion and secured a win that sees them move to within one point of leaders , having played a game more. That said, let's take a look at the five hits and flops from the game.
Manchester City 3-1 Brighton 5 Hits and Flops as Haaland s brace and De Bruyne s wonder-goal down the Seagulls Premier League 2022-23
Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion - Premier League Manchester City secured a 3-1 win over & Hove Albion in the Premier League on Saturday, October 22. The Cityzens entered this contest on the back of three wins, one draw and one defeat in their last five games across competitions. Erling Haaland, who has made a blistering start to the season with 15 league goals already, was unable to score last time out. He was in the lineup, eager to get back on the scoresheet. Guardiola was Roberto De Zerbi, who according to the Spaniard, is going to make a massive impact on English football. Both sides fielded strong XIs for the game. TEAM NEWSXI , Akanji, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, (c), , , Grealish, Haaland
SUBS Ortega Moreno, Stones, Ake, Gundogan, Alvarez, Gomez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis
TEAM NEWS XI Ederson, Akanji, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne (c), Bernardo, Mahrez, Grealish, HaalandSUBS Ortega Moreno, Stones, Ake, Gundogan, Alvarez, Gomez, Foden, Palmer, Lewis Manchester City made a positive start to the first half as they were backed by a vociferous home support. They controlled the tempo of the game in midfield and barely allowed Brighton an opportunity to get out of their own half. This allowed Joao Cancelo and Riyad Mahrez to take up some advanced positions in wide areas to kick-start moves from. Despite taking just four shots at goal, City were able to get on the scoresheet twice in the first period, showing their ruthlessness in front of goal. Ederson released Erling Haaland with a lovely kick upfield, putting him in a one-v-one against Adam Webster. Haaland used his brute strength to shrug his marker off before finishing to make it 1-0. Bernardo Silva was then awarded a penalty after attempting to wriggle through a crowd of Brighton players. He left a leg in and was brought down. Nothing was awarded and play went on for nearly two minutes before the referee stopped the game to review the move on the monitor. Haaland stepped up and converted the resulting penalty as Manchester City carried a two-goal lead into half-time. HALF-TIME Leading at the break!
HALF-TIME Leading at the break! Brighton made a dream start to the second half as they cut into Manchester City's lead just eight minutes after the restart. Solly March played a lovely ball forward to , who got on his bike and drove forward with the ball. He then unleashed a sharply struck effort which dipped and beat Ederson in goal as the score was 2-1 after 53 minutes. Both managers made changes to their XIs in a bid to add a different dimension to how the game was being played. Players from either side were booked as the game started getting heated. However, De Bruyne settled the issue after 75 minutes, striking the ball with perfection to guide it into the top-left corner. Manchester City did well to hold onto their two-goal cushion and secured a win that sees them move to within one point of leaders , having played a game more. That said, let's take a look at the five hits and flops from the game.