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Pep’s turn. “It was really good. We know exactly which team we faced. It was a good lesson for half an hour in the second half, they were better than us. We suffer. It was a huge victory for us. We win the trò chơi because we have good players. They have all the mechanisms of the big teams, they have courage and I admire that. They play lượt thích top four, đứng đầu five.”
Graham Potter speaks lớn Sky. “We were fantastic in the second half. So proud of the players. They were together, they had spirit, they had quality. We are of course disappointed khổng lồ lose, we have khổng lồ say Manchester đô thị were better, but our performance was something to be proud of. We gave a cheap goal away, & we suffered a bit first half, their quality was fantastic & all of a sudden the scoreline was not a very nice one. Credit lớn the players, who responded, và didn’t feel sorry for themselves. We’ll take a lot forward from that game.”
A lovely touch by the đô thị squad today, incidentally, the team warming up in t-shirts emblazoned with the words “We’re with you, Guido”, in tư vấn of Belgian Manchester City tín đồ Guido De Pauw, who was attacked after City’s win in Bruges during the week. Phil Foden sports it for his post-match interview as well. “We’re all here for him, và that’s why we wore the shirt today, to show our respect. We’re all fighting for him.”
Manchester thành phố move into second spot, two points behind Chelsea, leapfrogging Liverpool who play Manchester United tomorrow afternoon. Brighton remain in fourth for now, though any one of Spurs, United, West Ham & Brentford can go above them with a good result tomorrow. That was a throughly deserved victory for City, who were outstanding in the first half, blowing Brighton away. But Brighton can be proud of their second-half performance, as they asked plenty of questions of City’s miserly defence, a fine response to lớn being totally outplayed during the first 45. Everyone will be happy in their own way.
Manchester city respond lớn Chelsea’s seven-goal evisceration of Norwich with a masterclass of their own.
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No hat-trick for Foden, but it’s another assist. Brighton faff around at the back and are stripped by Fernandinho. The ball’s fed khổng lồ Foden lớn the left of the D. Foden unselfishly slips right to lớn Mahrez, on the penalty spot. Mahrez whips into the vị trí cao nhất right, and City restore their three-goal advantage, right at the death.
Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez (right) fires trang chủ their fourth goal. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images
90 min +4: Cancelo drives down the left, sashays infield, và whistles a long-distance drive down Sanchez’s throat.
90 min +3: Mahrez kills a high ball down the right with absurd ease. Stone dead. Audible gasps from the city end, who had been running through their champions songbook.
90 min +2: Sky Sports co-commentator Alan Smith gives two-goal Phil Foden the man-of-the-match award.
90 min: There will be five added minutes. Plenty of time for Brighton to get the two goals they need. The only problem being, đô thị won’t give them the chance. They’re running the clock down with a fine display of keep-ball.
89 min: Foden wants his hat-trick, though, và dances his way down the inside-left channel before breaking into the box, only to lớn be denied by Sanchez, throwing starfish shapes.
88 min: Silva và De Bruyne combine down the inside-right channel, the latter entering the box và looking for Mahrez in the middle. Cucurella gets in the way. Brighton deserve to win this second half, and take something positive from their match with the champions after a hellish first 45.
86 min: Lamptey is so much fun to lớn watch. He makes his way into the city box with another showcase of intricate skill, teasing the thành phố defence before lashing a shot wide right. Real off-the-seat entertainment. Brighton have missed him.
Brighton’s Tariq Lamptey charges past Manchester City’s Fernandinho. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
