2024-04-25 22:21:19
Pressed as Arsenal was four points ahead, and he didn’t budge either Manchester Citywho beat Brighton & Hove Albion with a double Phil Foden and a great goal like “Van Persie” Kevin de Bruyne to bring the fourth Premier League in a row even closer.
Pep Guardiola’s men, threatened by resurgent Arsenal, who won their last two games and re-engaged in the race for the league, made the trip to the south of England in just half an hour, with displays from De Bruyne and Foden.
The Belgian midfielder did his first headed goal in the Premier League with a shot reminiscent of Van Persie’s once morest Spain in the 2014 World Cup, which flowed for three quarters, found Kyle Walker between the lines who put a cross behind like De Bruyne. he threw himself into a plank to place the ball between the crossbar and the goalkeeper’s glove.
A great goal that lowered a Brighton side who were very far from the level of last season and whose drive to always get the ball from the back ended up dooming them to a field.
Foden made 0-2 with a bad shot where the ball hit the back of Pascal Gross and changed the trajectory of the goalkeeper and the Englishman also left his mark on the 0-3 scoring by exploiting a childish loss on Valentine boatin the Argentine’s first start in the Premier.
Foden, who already has 16 goals in this Premier League, only fired following Barco gave the ball away inside the area, due to Brighton’s fear of hitting a ball and always trying to get out from behind.
With Brighton already surrendered and the game over from the 34th minute, City put one more goal on the scoreboard in the second half as Walker caught Roberto de Zerbi’s side on the counter and left him standing at will. Julian Alvarez for the Argentine to break the streak of ten games without scoring in the Premier League.
Already with 0-4 on the scoreboard, neither the referee nor VAR saw a resounding penalty Josko Guardiola on Joao Pedrowhich also would not have changed the course of the meeting excessively.
Guardiola, with the win in his pocket, used the last twenty minutes to rest the likes of Foden, De Bruyne, Walker, Rodri and Bernardo, and for the first time in two games he used all five substitutions.
City adds 76 units in 33 gamestwo more than Liverpool, who also have one game more, and one more than Arsenal, who also He has played one game more than the ‘Sky Blues’. With this defeat, Brighton bid farewell to their chances of returning to Europe next season. ‘The Seagulls’ are eleventh, with 44 points, nine away from sixth place.
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