Manchester City vs. Brentford: Real-Time Match Coverage and Highlights

Result, goals and summary of the match Manchester City vs. Brentford, for matchday 4 of the English Premier League.

Manchester City

Brentford

Fin

31′ 1T: Manchester City – Erling Braut Haaland’s goal 19′ 1T: Manchester City – Erling Braut Haaland’s goal 0′ 1T: Brentford – Yoane Wissa’s header

This Saturday, the Citizens triumphed in the match of the 4th date of the England – Premier League 2024-2025 tournament, highlighting the performance of striker Erling Haaland and his double. The Citizens started down 1-0, but showed a great reaction to end up turning the score in their favor with a final result of 2-1. Brentford’s initial advantage was the work of Yoane Wissa, who scored after a header at 0′ of the first half. However, Erling Haaland’s brilliant performance fueled the comeback with two goals, from play, in the 19′ minute of the same stage and at 31′ of the same half.

Erling Haaland had a chance to increase the lead, but the post denied him a goal in the 80th minute of the second half.

Erling Haaland’s performance positioned him as the most outstanding player of the match. The Manchester City striker showed his best level by scoring 2 goals, shooting at the opposing goal 6 times and making 6 correct passes.

Ilkay Gündogan also had a good game. The Manchester City midfielder made 57 correct passes, won 3 balls back and had 2 shots on goal.

Man City manager Josep Guardiola has named a 3-6-1 starting XI with Ederson in goal; Kyle Walker, John Stones and Manuel Akanji in defence; Mateo Kovacic, Rico Lewis, Savinho, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gündogan and Jack Grealish in midfield; and Erling Haaland up front.

For their part, Thomas Frank’s men took to the field in a 5-3-2 formation with Mark Flekken between the posts; Kristoffer Ajer, Sepp van den Berg, Ethan Pinnock, Nathan Collins and Keane Lewis-Potter in defence; Mikkel Damsgaard, Christian Norgaard and Vitaly Janelt in midfield; and Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo up front.

Darren Bond was appointed as the main referee for the match at the Etihad Stadium.

In the next round, the Citizens will face Arsenal at home and Brentford will play the away game against Tottenham.

With this result, the host team has accumulated 12 points throughout the competition and occupies the top spot in the table. The visitors have 6 points and are in seventh place.

Changes at Manchester City

83′ 2T – Salieron Jack Peter Grealish for Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho and Silva, John Stones for Ruben Santos Gato Alves Dias and Mikkel Damsgaard for Yehor Romanovych Yarmolyuk
91′ 2H – Saved by Matheus Luiz Nunes

Booked in Manchester City:

41′ 1T Mateo Kovacic (Unsportsmanlike conduct), 1′ 2T Savinho (Simulating an infringement) and 33′ 2T John Stones (Holding the opponent to prevent him from advancing)

Changes at Brentford

45′ 1T – Salieron Yoane Wissa by Kevin Schade, Rico Lewis by Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic by Rodrigo Hernández Cascante
71′ 2T – Salieron Vitaly Janelt por Fábio Leandro Freitas Gouveia Carvalho y Kristoffer Ajer por Mads Roerslev Rasmussen

Booked at Brentford: