Game is over and the final score is Man City 3-1 Brighton. Here is the match report.
Match Report
Erling Haaland took his tally to 17 goals in 11 Premier League games as Manchester City held off a second-half fightback to beat Brighton.
Norway striker Haaland outmuscled defender Adam Webster to roll in the opener, then slammed in a penalty after the video assistant referee ruled Bernardo Silva had been fouled by Lewis Dunk.
Brighton improved after the break and narrowed the gap when Leandro Trossard cracked in from long range.
The away side, who have not won any of their five matches since Roberto de Zerbi replaced Graham Potter as manager, threatened an equaliser through Alexis Mac Allister, Tariq Lamptey and Trossard.
But seconds after Trossard was denied by Ederson, City skipper Kevin de Bruyne sealed victory by bending a superb effort into the top corner from 25 yards.
Champions City move to within a point of leaders Arsenal, who travel to Southampton on Sunday.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
11' CHANCE! Welbeck's long shot wide out
19' Haaland goes down in the box but ref says no penalty!
21' GOAL! Man City 1-0 Brighton (Haaland)
30' Grealish goes down in the box but ref says no penalty!
42' Penalty Goal! Man City 2-0 Brighton (Haaland)
45' Penalty Goal! Man City 2-0 Brighton (Haaland)
52' GOAL! Man City 2-1 Brighton (Trossard)
69' CHANCE! Haaland's shot wide out
.
71' CLOSE! Laporte's header inches wide
.
74' GOAL! Man City 3-1 Brighton (De Bruyne)
Line-ups
Man City XI: De Bruyne, Mahrez, Cancelo, Laporte, Ederson, Grealish, Ruben Dias, Bernardo, Akanji, Rodri, Haaland
Subs: Gundogan, Stefan Ortega, Ake, Stones, Foden, Sergio Gómez, Cole Palmer, Julián Álvarez, Rico Lewis
Brighton XI: Lallana, Webster, Welbeck, Gross, Veltman, Dunk, Trossard, March, Robert Sánchez, Mac Allister, Moisés Caicedo
Subs: Steele, Pervis Estupiñán, Deniz Undav, Jeremy Sarmiento, Gilmour, Tariq Lamptey, Jan Paul van Hecke, Julio Enciso, Levi Colwill
bbbbbbba
711
If he doesn't assist,,..🔥🔥he scores...No real KDB fan Will skip
N0_N0NsENSE
415
No way Haaland outscored Ronaldo's entire season in 45 minutes.
JoyNg
259
But...but...but🔥🔥 Haaland is a farmer😂😂😂
Paciottispiritman
222
This trio causes harm to every team they meet 🔥🔥
Mosanya
220
When you realise Erling Haaland is only 5 goals behind last season’s golden boot tally
UyiGentle
173
Ederson becomes the 3rd goalkeeper to assist a goal in the Premier League this season: 🥇 Jordan Pickford vs. Forest 🥈 Alisson vs. Man City 🥉 Ederson vs. Brighton The new Playmakers. 🅰️
Mosanya
147
Erling Haaland's last 7 games at the Etihad: ⚽⚽⚽ HAT-TRICK. ⚽⚽⚽ HAT-TRICK. ⚽ Goal ⚽⚽⚽ HAT-TRICK. ⚽⚽ Brace. ⚽ Goal. ⚽⚽ Brace.
rubaiklnty
108
Manchester city should make a plane to get New goals keep pls
M_cAveli
104
Pep to HAALAND, Don’t kill them. Two is O.K !!
Mosanya
88
Erling Haaland has already scored more goals (17) than Man City's top scorer last season. It's only October 😳
UyiGentle
77
The record for the most competitive goals scored by a player for a Premier League club in a single season is 44: ▪️ Ruud van Nistelrooy (Man Utd) in 2002-03 ▪️ Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) in 2017-18 Erling Haaland is already HALFWAY there... and it's October 22nd.
Tjake
68
tholmes201
51
If he doesn't score, he assist... No real KDB fan will skip...
Dirk41
41
You can find every gif of nice goals here: http://www.goalgif.xyz/v2/live/matchGifs?match_id=53396723&language=en
taoacmoruz
38
The time you realise that Liverpool player finished their energy is them playing against city, city not to score , and you know what, they regret it today by walking alone in the evil forest 😂😁🤣🤣
FootballChief
34
Name: Kevin DeBruyne Job: Assists
Bruce2019
34
No way Haaland outscored Ronaldo's entire season in 45 minutes.
[image]
and Messi's two seasons in the farmers league
Bright-berry0772o
22
Ederson becomes the 3rd goalkeeper to assist a goal in the Premier League this season: 🥇 Jordan Pickford vs. Forest 🥈 Alisson vs. Man City 🥉 Ederson vs. Brighton The new Playmakers. 🅰️
[image]
So they have more assists than Ronaldo
madrid_dna
16
and Messi's two seasons in the farmers league
this one is hard bro 😂😂
Ebubechukwu1996
14
No way Haaland outscored Ronaldo's entire season in 45 minutes.
[image]
and outscored Messi 2 season goals in 11 matches [Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
norrike
14
So they have more assists than Ronaldo
😂😂😂 Don't shout
wotelmprsz
11
No way Haaland outscored Ronaldo's entire season in 45 minutes.
[image]
No nonsense but only nonsense
shajee01
11
No way Haaland outscored Ronaldo's entire season in 45 minutes.
[image]
Messy 6 goals in a entire debut farmers league i repeat only 6 goals in entire agriculture league🤓🤓
AlexinalJr2
11
So they have more assists than Ronaldo
[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh] Come on man that's some people's greatest of all time
zieabknuy
10
The way Haaland and Messi are playing,Ronaldo will be forced to play forever
haland scores in the most competitive league. messi with farmers. ronaldo is finished. don't compare haaland with messi. he is way above everyone else and is going to rule football for the rest of his career.
Cetknprtyz
8
No way Haaland outscored Ronaldo's entire season in 45 minutes.
[image]
messi never want to play EPL.bcz is too hard league.
Pequos23
8
He came he conquered and haters hated to no avail
Sly01
8
Brighton is a good team . I have never seen a team with ball position more than city .
Airlord26
8
Harry Kane has scored 8 goals in his first 9 Premier League games this season but nobody is talking about that because of one man. ⚽🤖
Alexchope
8
You raised a beast sir
ola_wealth
8
Kevin De Bruyne scoring worldies with a black eye 🫣