Manchester City run over Brighton and look boldly to the top of the Premier League – Soccer World – England

Manchester City beat Brighton with 4:0 in a match of the 29th round of the Premier League. The goals for the “citizens” were the work of Julián Alvarez, Phil Foden scored twice and Kevin de Bruyne scored a great goal. Pep Guardiola’s side were completely in control of the encounter, having chances and more goals, but benefited from some blunders in the Seagulls defense, who did not betray their style of play.

With this victory, Manchester City is already 2nd with an asset of 76 points, just one point from the top, but also with a game in hand, while Brighton remains in 11th position with 44 points on its account.

The first situation was as early as the third minute, when the ball ended up in Danny Welbeck, who did not hesitate to stare from the edge of the penalty area, but Ederson was careful and managed to save. In the 17th minute, Kyle Walker got through down the right flank, with the England international delivering the perfect pass to Kevin de Bruyne, who pounced on the ball and dived in to head home a superb goal that the Steel failed to react to – 1: 0 for Manchester City.

Just two minutes later, Brighton had their first corner, with Barko crossing and Dunk breaking away brilliantly to head home, but Ederson was able to save. Shortly after, the “citizens” made another good attack, in which Julián Alvarez tried to shoot diagonally from a difficult angle, but the ball flew wide of the goal.

In the 26th minute, Phil Foden was fouled on the very edge of the opponent’s penalty area, with the head referee awarding a foul. It was Foden who stood behind the ball, who shot with his left foot and it ricocheted into the wall, which deceived the Brighton guard, and the ball flew into his goal – 2:0 for Manchester City.

In the 34th minute, Brighton made a blunder by playing the ball in front of their own goal and the Citizens again displayed their superb pressing as Bernardo Silva grabbed and Foden fired in with his first touch to checkmate Jason Steele – 3-0 to Manchester You are.

In the 53rd minute, Joao Pedro beat two defenders and pulled the trigger in front of the keeper, but Ederson was again in a great position to make a great save. Ten minutes later, Kyle Walker received a great pass behind the defense and found himself eye-to-eye with the opposition keeper and managed to deflect to Julián Alvarez, who didn’t hesitate to shoot with his right foot into the empty net – 4-0 to Manchester City.

In the 85th minute, Brighton mounted one of their best attacks, with Joao Pedro in a clear position, but the striker missed the mark.

Starting lineups:

Brighton: 23. Jason Steele, 19. Valentin Barco, 5. Lewis Dunk, 29. Jean Paul van Hecke, 34. Joel Veltman, 20. Carlos Baleba, 13. Pascal Gross, 14. Adam Lallana, 15. Jakub Moder, 9. Joao Pedro, 18. Danny Welbeck

Manchester City: 31. Edeson, 24. Josko Guardiol, 6. Nathan Ake, 25. Manuel Akanji, 2. Kyle Walker, 8. Mateo Kovacic, 16. Rodri, 47. Phil Foden, 20. Bernardo Silva, 17. Kevin de Bruyne, 19 .Julian Alvarez