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Email: “Mocking opposition players is a great way to deflect scrutiny from Pep and his players!” writes Peter Oh. “Please never change, Mr. Guardiola!”
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Brighton 2-1 Manchester City
Premier League match report: Ed Aarons shares his thoughts as he blows the whistle from the south coast, where Manchester City suffered four consecutive defeats in three different competitions under Pep Guardiola.
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João Pedro: “I’m happy to score”
“First of all, I’m happy to be back,” said the Brazilian, who scored Brighton’s opener. “It’s good to win like this against a big team because I know I’m an important player for the team. Now we have time to catch our breath and win more games.
About his goal: “There were too many people in the venue, but I’m always told to follow the action, so I was there, so I’m glad I got the goal.” I’m very happy to be back after two months. We dropped too many points last season, so the coach told us to believe in ourselves this season, and this season we’ve been doing well against big teams.”
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Jamie Redknapp: The former Liverpool midfielder, who works as a pundit for Sky Sports, can’t believe what he just saw. “That was one of the worst halves of football I’ve seen from Pep Guardiola’s team,” he says.
“They were miserable, they didn’t defend well, they didn’t win individual battles and sometimes they didn’t even pass the ball forward. In the first half they were great, but in the second half, when Hürzeler came on as a substitute, the team that could win… There was only one.”
I know that’s a bit harsh, but Brighton more than deserved to win this game, despite having a slightly higher xG of 2-26 to City’s 2.16. Indeed, City seemed to run out of ideas as the second half dragged on.
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Premier League table: Manchester City remain in second place, two points behind Liverpool, who have played one game. Brighton have moved up to 4th place, level on points with Nottingham Forest in 3rd place. Nottingham Forest still have a point left.
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Pep Guardiola: After the post-match handshake, the City manager stopped for a long and very lively conversation with Brighton defender Jean-Paul van Hecke. There doesn’t seem to be any animosity between the two, just Pep being Pep.
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Full time: Brighton 2-1 Man City
Sound the danger of the horn! Manchester City lost again, but Brighton overturned the deficit at half-time and overcame a tough test of mettle to win 2-1. Erling Haaland gave Manchester City the lead, but Brighton won with substitute Joao Pedro and Matt O’Reilly scoring two goals in the opening five minutes.
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90+9 minutes: De Bruyne’s cross at the far post is cleared and Verbrüggen picks Bernardo Silva’s return cross out of the air. Haaland and Van Hecke are both booked as set two. it’s all over!
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90+8 minutes: City’s pressure is relentless, but Matheus Nunez puts his body on the line, controlling Bernardo Silva’s pass inside and winning the ball.
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90+7 minutes: City try to break upfield, but Bernardo Silva is surrounded by the midfield. He won a free kick, but nothing happened.
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90+5 minutes: An emotional moment for Brighton fans as Kyle Walker’s curled cross is met by Josko Gvardiol who dives into the Brighton box. He fired a bullet header wide of the right post.
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90+4 mins: If City continue to lose this game, Liverpool can open up a five-point lead over City with a win against Villa tonight at 8pm at Anfield.
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90+3 minutes: Despite facing the threat of losing their fourth consecutive match in all competitions, City’s players move forward once again. Brighton’s defense was resolute and Estupinan sprinted the ball out for a throw-in near the corner flag.
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Updated on 14.29 ET
90+2 minutes: Phil Foden hits a low daisy cutter from just inside the Brighton box, sending his shot just wide of the far post.
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90+1 minutes: 9 minutes of stoppage time. Brighton added Jakub Moder to the lineup in place of Kaoru Mitoma.
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89 minutes: De Bruyne fires a shot from 20 yards out, but his shot whistles high and several feet wide of the top corner.
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88 minutes: Foden takes a shot from the right, but it’s stopped by Brajan Gruda. Moments later, Igor headed in Kevin De Bruyne’s cross from the byline.
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86 mins: Brighton had the dominant possession late on, but given the injury to Jack Hinshelwood, the substitution and the long break for IT repairs to referee Sam Ballot’s communications unit, there was a significant There will be additional time.
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84th minute: Hats off to Fabian Hürzeler, who was a great substitute. On the City bench, Josep Guardiola slumped in his seat, rubbing his face furiously with his hands.
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goal! Brighton 2-1 Man City (O’Reilly 83)
Brighton take the lead! Matt O’Reilly slipped in behind the City defense thanks to a beautifully weighted pass from Joao Pedro and confidently maneuvered the ball past the onrushing Ederson.
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Updated on 14.19 ET
82 min: Brighton look for a second goal against a side whose confidence has waned in recent games.
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80 minutes: It looked like Brighton would have another good scoring opportunity after Welbeck collected a cross from Mitoma and was unable to trouble Ederson. However, City were unable to clear the ball and Pedro gently broke the ball away, allowing Pedro’s shot to beat the City goalkeeper. That makes sense for Brighton.
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goal! Brighton 1-1 Man City (Pedro 78)
Brighton is on the same level. Danny Welbeck’s shot was blocked by a bunch of City defenders on the edge of the six-yard box and the ball split the path before João Pedro smashed it home from seven yards remaining.
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Updated on 14.12 ET
77 minutes: Jamai Simpson vs. Pusey sent off for imprudence or other reasons. I think the opposite is true.
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75 minutes: Baleva plays the ball wide and Mitoma combines with Joao Pedro. O’Reilly gets on the ball and crosses into City’s box, across the face of goal, but is unable to pick out Welbeck.
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74 minutes: Silva aims a cross-field ball at Phil Foden, but Igor intercepts and heads the ball back to Bad Verbruggen. Another Man City substitute: Kevin De Bruyne replaces Savinho.
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73 minutes: City’s goal kick finally restarts play as the home side get restless.
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72 minutes: Man City substitution: Bernardo Silva replaces Ilkay Gundogan.
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70 minutes: Play is stopped again so the referee can repair the battery pack that powers the communication device.
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69 minutes: Joao Pedro gets behind Walker and catches the ball over the top from deep. His first touch was good and brought him close to goal, but his low, diagonal shot went wide of the far post.
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Updated at 14.05 ET
