Brighton & Hove Albion 0-4 Manchester City: Phil Foden scores twice in clinical win

Brighton & Hove Albion 0-4 Manchester City: Phil Foden scores twice in clinical win

Phil Foden grew to become the tenth participant to attain 50 Premier League objectives for Manchester Metropolis together with his first strike on the Amex

Manchester Metropolis moved easily to inside one level of Premier League leaders Arsenal with a recreation in hand after a routine victory over Brighton on the Amex Stadium.

What threatened to be a harmful fixture was successfully over by the interval as Metropolis romped right into a three-goal lead, shifting forward of Liverpool into second place and shutting ominously on Arsenal.

Kevin de Bruyne’s first header in his 68 Premier League objectives, an impressive flying effort into the highest nook, set Metropolis on their means earlier than Phil Foden controversially doubled the benefit 9 minutes layer.

Referee Jarred Gillett awarded Metropolis a free-kick regardless of Foden solely showing to slide, Brighton seeing insult added to harm as his ensuing set-piece strike took a deflection off Pascal Gross to wrong-foot keeper Jason Steele.

Any hope of a Brighton comeback was extinguished after 34 minutes by a easy Foden end into the underside nook, after the Seagulls had been caught in possession attempting to play out from the again.

It was then merely a case of injury limitation for Roberto de Zerbi’s facet however Metropolis prolonged their lead simply after the hour when the ball ran away from Steele as he went right into a problem with Kyle Walker and Julian Alvarez was readily available to pounce.

Man Metropolis wanting ominous

Manchester Metropolis are at it once more, reaching peak type simply when it issues to show up the strain on pace-setters Arsenal because the title race reaches the ultimate few fences.

Liverpool’s current decline continued as they had been crushed by Everton within the Merseyside derby however Arsenal will not be going away, with a win at Wolverhampton Wanderers adopted by the 5-0 thrashing of Chelsea at Emirates Stadium.

This didn’t have any impression on Metropolis, who’ve been by means of this stress earlier than, as what was pitched as a difficult journey to the south coast was a formality.

It had all of the hallmarks of a Metropolis efficiency near the Premier League ending line – calm and ruthless with flashes of brilliance from those that can change any recreation for supervisor Pep Guardiola.

De Bruyne is famend for absolutely anything other than his heading capability however he scored an athletic effort to open the scoring. It was then Foden’s flip so as to add additional thrives.

Such was their consolation that Guardiola was even in a position to give De Bruyne and Foden a breather by substituting them earlier than the tip with the sport received, conserving vitality for the weekend go to to struggling Nottingham Forest.

Brighton operating out of steam

Brighton had been chasing European soccer in thrilling fashion at this stage final season underneath De Zerbi – a mission they completed efficiently.

Right here, depleted by accidents, they had been jaded and missing inspiration as their marketing campaign continues to appear to be it can finish in anti-climax.

Brighton’s supporters felt they didn’t get the rub of the inexperienced with choices, particularly with the free-kick award that led to Metropolis’s second objective, the temper contained in the Amex worsening when second-half penalty appeals had been turned down.

In actuality, nevertheless, they seemed a shadow of the facet that made life so tough for the highest groups final season, being outclassed and overwhelmed by their guests.

Brighton misplaced key midfield duo Moises Caicedo and Alexis Mac Allister final summer time and De Zerbi’s hopes of one other European problem have been additional undermined by accidents, regardless of some glowing performances this time period.

There has additionally been hypothesis round De Zerbi’s personal future, which can hopefully be cleared up so this progressive membership can regroup and transfer ahead as soon as extra.

This was a chastening expertise for the Seagulls however they had been unlucky to satisfy Manchester Metropolis at simply the fallacious time, with their vitality beginning to run low.

Participant of the match

De BruyneKevin De Bruyne

Brighton & Hove Albion

  1. Squad quantity55Participant identifyO’Mahony

  2. Squad quantity18Participant identifyWelbeck

  3. Squad quantity19Participant identifyBarco

  4. Squad quantity5Participant identifyDunk

  5. Squad quantity9Participant identifyJoão Pedro

  6. Squad quantity20Participant identifyBaleba

  7. Squad quantity23Participant identifySteele

  8. Squad quantity29Participant identifyvan Hecke

  9. Squad quantity15Participant identifyModer

  10. Squad quantity34Participant identifyVeltman

  11. Squad quantity13Participant identifyGroß

  12. Squad quantity14Participant identifyLallana

  13. Squad quantity42Participant identifyOffiah

  14. Squad quantity24Participant identifyAdingra

  15. Squad quantity3Participant identifyIgor Julio

Line-ups

Brighton

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 23Steele
  • 34VeltmanBooked at 35minsSubstituted forOffiahat 45′minutes
  • 29van Hecke
  • 5Dunk
  • 19Barco
  • 20BalebaBooked at 76mins
  • 15ModerSubstituted fordos Santos de Pauloat 56′minutes
  • 14LallanaSubstituted forAdingraat 45′minutes
  • 13Groß
  • 9João Pedro
  • 18WelbeckSubstituted forO’Mahonyat 75′minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Verbruggen
  • 3dos Santos de Paulo
  • 4Webster
  • 10Enciso
  • 24Adingra
  • 31Ansu Fati
  • 40Buonanotte
  • 42Offiah
  • 55O’Mahony

Man Metropolis

Formation 4-1-4-1

  • 31Ederson
  • 2WalkerSubstituted forLewisat 78′minutes
  • 25Akanji
  • 6Aké
  • 24Gvardiol
  • 16RodriSubstituted forGómezat 78′minutes
  • 20Bernardo SilvaSubstituted forDokuat 78′minutes
  • 17De BruyneSubstituted forNunesat 72′minutes
  • 8Kovacic
  • 47FodenSubstituted forGrealishat 71′minutes
  • 19Álvarez

Substitutes

  • 3Rúben Dias
  • 5Stones
  • 10Grealish
  • 11Doku
  • 18Ortega
  • 21Gómez
  • 27Nunes
  • 52Bobb
  • 82Lewis

Referee:
Jarred Gillett

Attendance:
31,596

Dwell Textual content

  1. Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Manchester Metropolis 4.

  2. Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Manchester Metropolis 4.

  3. Try saved. Jérémy Doku (Manchester Metropolis) proper footed shot from the centre of the field is saved within the centre of the objective.

  4. Nook, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Nathan Aké.

  5. Foul by Nathan Aké (Manchester Metropolis).

  6. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick within the attacking half.

  7. Jérémy Doku (Manchester Metropolis) wins a free kick within the defensive half.

  8. Foul by Igor Julio (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  9. Try missed. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) proper footed shot from the centre of the field is shut, however misses to the left. Assisted by Igor Julio.

  10. Delay over. They’re able to proceed.

  11. Delay in match (Manchester Metropolis).

  12. Rico Lewis (Manchester Metropolis) wins a free kick within the attacking half.

  13. Foul by Valentín Barco (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  14. Substitution, Manchester Metropolis. Rico Lewis replaces Kyle Walker.

  15. Substitution, Manchester Metropolis. Sergio Gómez replaces Rodri.

  16. Substitution, Manchester Metropolis. Jérémy Doku replaces Bernardo Silva.

  17. Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) is proven the yellow card for a foul foul.

  18. Matheus Nunes (Manchester Metropolis) wins a free kick within the attacking half.

  19. Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  20. Rodri (Manchester Metropolis) wins a free kick within the defensive half.