Guardiola take back the lead Kevin DeBruyne. After leaving the Wanda Metropolitano injured, the Belgian genius reappeared in the starting eleven and he did it as if nothing had happened. His deployment and quality in the engine room guided City to break the resistant Brighton, that came to disturb the Etihad Stadium until heDe Bruyne’s power disarmed them.
ICM
BHA
Manchester City
Edison; Cancelo, Stones (Zinchenko, M.75), Laporte, Aké (Rúben Dias, M.45); Rodri, Gündogan, De Bruyne (Gabriel Jesus, M.85); Mahrez, Bernardo Silva, Foden.
Brighton and Hove Albion
Sanchez; Veltman, Dunk, Cucurella; Lamptey (Webster, M.61), Mwepu, MacAllister, Caicedo (Sarmiento, M.72), March; Gross, Welbeck (Maupay, M.77).
goals
1-0 M.53 Mahrez; 2-0 M.65 Foden; 3-0 M.83 Bernardo Silva.
Referee
Mike Dean. TA: Macallister (M.79), Webster (M.81).
those of Graham Potter managed to reach the break with 0-0, despite attempts to De Bruyne, Gündogan or Mahrez. Those of Pep gave lashes, but they were not right. The second half started with the goal as an obligation, if they wanted to respond to the rout of the Liverpool against United and retake the English throne. He was in charge of originating it De Bruyne on horseback.
divided to Mwepu Y Caicedo in a frantic driving to the edge of the area, where he ended up facilitating a ball to Mahrez to shoot the first. A cry of relief rose at the Etihad, and Guardiola’s men let go. Foden doubled the lead with a whiplash from the balcony of the area, which entered after grazing a Brighton defender, and Bernard Silva the rout ended. Again, with De Bruyne as the protagonist. He pressed, he recovered and he gave in so that the Portuguese sentenced the night.
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Guardiola rewarded his star with a substitution with five minutes remaining, which gave him a thunderous ovation to celebrate that City will continue for a few more days at the top of England.