Manchester City takes three points from Brentford and hope that key players Rodri will no longer fail.
In the 1-0 (1: 0) win of the Citizens at FC Brentford, Rodri took the right rear thigh after 20 minutes. The world football player had a depressed mine replaced in 2024. “I felt a slight pull, but it doesn’t seem to be serious”, ” Rodri said “Manchester Evening News”.
He had suffered a cruciate ligament tear on the same leg in September 2024. Deprived of her midfield strategist, City lost his years of dominance last season, in the end only fifth. Rodri returned in May, but has always struggled with minor injuries and is far from being fit. How long he has to pause again is unclear.
Haaland escapes van the mountain
In Brentford, City brought Haaland (9th) to the 1-0 lead over time without the Spaniard. On the center forward Haaland, the former Dortmund scored in the seventh Premier League season game for the ninth time. He has also scored twice in two Champions League games. He is the only city player with more than one goal of the season on the account.
In the Brentford district of London, Haaland benefited from the fact that his opponent Sepp van den Berg misjudged the mountain on a wide ball by Josko Gvardiol. Haaland escaped the former Schalke and Mainz and hit the short corner as usual.
Erling Haaland celebrates his goal against Brentford
Kevin Schade unobtrusive
Afterwards, City had the game under control and gave several options until the break. The ex-Frankfurt Omar Marmoush was still missing in the squad after a re-enlargement. Brentford, in the sixth year in a row, put on counterattack, among other things, about the native of Potsdam Kevin Schade, but in the first round there was almost nothing offensive.
After the change of sides, Brentford increased significantly and had a big option through Igor Thiago. After a Gvardiol error, the attacker ran freely for Gianluigi Donnarumma, but made the ball unclean. So he got stuck with his shot on the new city goalkeeper.
Vitaly Janelt with anniversary
The game was now balanced and arm at highlights, favorite Manchester City was again far from old dominance. The Hamburg Vitaly Janelt came to his 200th competitive game for Brentford as a Joker, but it was no longer enough for a equalizer.
City celebrated the fourth victory in the seventh league game and moved to fifth place. There are three points missing on leader Arsenal. Brentford is in 16th place with seven points.