Brentford 1-3 Man City: Foden's hat-trick seals Pep's side another comeback away

Phil Foden scored a fine hat-trick as Manchester City came from behind to beat Brentford on Monday night.

Match Report

City had trailed through Neal Maupay's goal but Foden then took centre stage, assisted by both Kevin de Bruyne and Erling Haaland as the pair started together for the first time since the opening day.

The champions leapfrogged Arsenal with the win back into second and closed the gap to Liverpool to two points following the Reds' loss to the Gunners on Sunday.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

7' Haaland's shot stopped

10' Alvarez's long shot stopped by goalkeeper

13' Alvarez's long shot stopped again

14' Flekken makes good save to stopped Walker

21' GOAL! Brentford 1-0 Man City (Maupay)

23' Haalang misses a great chance

26' Flekken makes good save again

45' Flekken makes brilliant double-save

48' GOAL! Brentford 1-1 Man City (Foden)

53' GOAL! Brentford 1-2 Man City (Foden)

66' Toney's shot over the bar

70' GOAL! Brentford 1-3 Man City (Foden)

84' Alvarez's shot too straight

Line-ups

Brentford XI: Mee, Christian Nørgaard, Mark Flekken, Maupay, Ivan Toney, Reguilon, Mathias Jensen, Janelt, Ethan Pinnock, Mads Roerslev, Nathan Collins

Subs: Jorgensen, Strakosha, Kristoffer Ajer, Shandon Baptiste, Mikkel Damsgaard, Keane Lewis-Potter, Ethan Brierley, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Benjamin Fredrick

Man City XI: Walker, De Bruyne, Ake, Ederson, Ruben Dias, Bernardo, Rodri, Haaland, Foden, Julián Álvarez, Josko Gvardiol

Subs: Stefan Ortega, Kovacic, Stones, Grealish, Akanji, Matheus Nunes, Jérémy Doku, Oscar Bobb, Rico Lewis