Manchester City managed to defeat Brighton in a match that was more complicated than expected. The citizen team achieved an important victory against one of the best-playing teams in all of England. However, the quality of the citizens ended up weighing on this occasion. The English team achieved an important record and placed itself in a great way in the fight for the leadership of the Premier League.
Pep Guardiola surprised on this day by sending his two center forwards from the beginning, however, the gamble paid off for the Spanish coach as both Julián Álvarez and Erling Haaland scored a goal in this match. It only took 7 minutes for the current champion to take the lead in the match. Doku managed to overwhelm the left wing. After entering the area, the midfielder sent a delayed cross where the Argentine managed to score for 1-0 and maintain his scoring streak.
Álvarez was also the protagonist of a strange situation before 25 minutes of the initial stage, already with the score 2-0 following a goal from Norwegian Erling Haaland. Referee Robert Jones waited for instructions from the VAR to know if he should make any type of sanction after the conflict that developed between the Argentine and the German Pascal Gross at the gate of the area. The cameras showed that the European threw Julián to the ground without the ball when City's attack was going through the left sector of the field.
Erling Haaland broke his bad streak
Erling Haaland was coming off a bad streak with the English team. Erling Haaland had 3 consecutive games without scoring, but the FIFA International Break ended up coming to him in fantasy, since he returned to Manchester with aim. This victory allows City to rise to the top of the Premier with 21 points, at least until the presentations of Arsenal and Tottenham take place, which with 20 points could equal or surpass it. Guardiola's men will go to Switzerland next Wednesday to face Young Boys.
