Manchester City moved two points behind Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table and boosted their goal difference as three second-half goals clinched a 3-0 win over Brentford.
2025/2026 Premier League
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Match Report
Jeremy Doku, whose double salvaged a 3-3 draw with Everton on Monday, produced an almost identical curling finish to break the deadlock in the 60th minute before Haaland backheeled a close-range second then set up the third for Omar Marmoush.
The victory keeps the pressure on Arsenal ahead of their game against West Ham at the London Stadium on Super Sunday, and means they are only one goal behind the Gunners for goal difference.
Brentford were aggrieved by several refereeing decisions that went against them, the first of which saw Matheus Nunes cleared by VAR after a last-man challenge on Kevin Schade which sent the Brentford forward tumbling to the ground.
Later in a tense first half, a prone Bernardo Silva was only booked for hitting out at the leg of Brentford defender Nathan Collins with his arm. Brentford had a penalty appeal turned down in the second half after another coming together between Nunes and Schade.
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Line-ups
Man City XI: Ake, Bernardo Silva, Donnarumma, Haaland, Guehi, Reijnders, Antoine Semenyo, Matheus Nunes, Cherki, Doku, Nico O'Reilly
Subs: Kovacic, Stones, Ruben Dias, Foden, Omar Marmoush, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Nico González, James Trafford, Savinho
Brentford XI: Kristoffer Ajer, Kelleher, Mathias Jensen, Mikkel Damsgaard, Aaron Hickey, Keane Lewis-Potter, Nathan Collins, Kevin Schade, Igor Thiago, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Michael Kayode
Subs: Henderson, J. Dasilva, Janelt, Nelson, Ethan Pinnock, Hákon Valdimarsson, Van den Berg, Dango Ouattara, Kaye Furo