Man City 2-0 Brighton: Sterling & Aguero strike to help Guardiola's side claim top spot

Goals from Sterling and Aguero send Manchester City top of the Premier League with victory over Brighton.

Match Events

9' Yellow Card! Knockaert booked

Knockaert is the first man to go into the referee's book, after a late challenge on Zinchecko.

29' GOAL! Man City 1-0 Brighton (Sterling)

GOAL! Aguero with a clean pair of heels, as he crosses it into the box for Sane, who sends it from right to left, for Sterling to tap it in past Ryan. Manchester City 1 - Brighton & Hove Albion 0.

65' GOAL! Man City 2-0 Brighton (Aguero)

GOAL! Aguero takes on two in the middle, as he slides it in for Sterling, but Aguero continues running into the box. Sterling returns to sender, as he taps it in past Ryan to score a goal. Manchester City 2 - Brighton & Hove Albion 0.

Match Report

The defending champions will be knocked off the summit if Liverpool beat Chelsea in Saturday's late game, but the outcome of their match was rarely in doubt.

Sterling broke the deadlock after 29 minutes, sliding home Leroy Sane's cross after a swift counter-attack opened up the Seagulls defence for the first time.

City continued to dominate and Aguero made sure of the points on 65 minutes, firing home from a Sterling pass to finish a move he started.

Line-ups

Man City XI: David Silva, S. Agüero, Fernandinho, N. Otamendi, K. Walker, R. Sterling, A.Laporte, Ederson Moraes, Zinchenko, Sané, Bernardo Silva

Subs: V. Kompany, Danilo, Mahrez, J. Stones, Gabriel Jesus, Foden, Arijanet Muric

Brighton XI: Bong, B. Kayal, Pröpper, Duffy, Dunk, M. Ryan, M.Montoya, Knockaert, Jürgen Locadia, S. March, Bissouma

Subs: Bruno, L. Balogun, David Button, Murray, J. Izquierdo, A. Jahanbakhsh, Bernardo