Aymeric Laporte, Riyad Mahrez and Jack Grealish are in for Nathan Ake, Ilkay Gundogan and Phil Foden. 2:03PM. Brighton's starting XI.
He picks out KDB in the middle, who in turn has a one-two with Grealish to his left. "I don't want to change too much because I like the players and this style of play without the ball. But a moment of magic from De Bruyne killed the game and allowed City to romp to victory. They've had a couple of chances themselves, but the City defence has been equal to them so far. The past is the past, and already forgotten. KDB is picked out in acres of space on the edge of the area after a slick attacking move from City. We have not to forget our way and our style. We could have got to 2-2 but the goal from De Bruyne closed the game.” It's route one from Sanchez, playing Trossard up the middle of the pitch. A long punt from Ederson was allowed to bounce by the Brighton defence. The Belgium international also created the perfect chance for Mahrez to score a third at the start of the second half, wriggling away from the otherwise hugely impressive Moises Caicedo, and delivering the perfectly weighted pass for the Algerian to hit first time. “They play man to man [marking], so we have to be more direct.
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"I think in the first half, we could play with more energy, with more confidence, with more personality. I believe if we play the same way, same style, we will win a lot of games." "In the first half, Trossard could have played better because I think he's a very good player and I expect always more from him. A brilliant afternoon for Man City captain De Bruyne - and all with a black eye picked up in training. With the ball, they are really good but in the first half, they played with a high press and intensity and we were playing on their terms. I have to analyse only my work and that is to understand if the players play well or not. We took only two points and this is sad for us, but we have to work, to improve. "We played one of the most important team in the Premier League, but the lessons are the same. We suffered, but the quality from Kevin made the difference. VAR did check the goal for a foul, but Haaland was simply too strong for the Brighton defender. Silva fizzed the ball along the top of the area for the midfielder, who was offered far too much space to fire home a sumptuous effort. He was caught by Joel Veltman down the left of the area, sending the winger rolling off the field, clutching his ankle.
Manchester City look to get back to winning ways after Liverpool ended their unbeaten streak this season in the previous game. They are up against Roberto ...
Manchester City play six games in all competitions before the World Cup in November. Pep Guardiola's City are currently four points behind league leaders Arsenal. Manchester City look to get back to winning ways after Liverpool ended their unbeaten streak this season in the previous game.
Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne made it 600 and 601 up for Pep Guardiola as City defeated a spirited Brighton 3-1 here at the Etihad Stadium.
[Jack Grealish](https://www.mancity.com/players/jack-grealish) this time went down in the box under pressure from Joël Veltman but it was turned down. [Ederson](https://www.mancity.com/players/ederson) fired a ball forward that Haaland raced on to, holding off defender Webster and rounding Sánchez before nudging into the empty net. "The first half we had fully under control, we didn't let them play. "We did not have men free. [Stones](https://www.mancity.com/players/john-stones), [Ake](https://www.mancity.com/players/nathan-ake), [Gundogan](https://www.mancity.com/players/ilkay-gundogan), Gomez, Lewis. After loud appeals for a penalty, VAR decided to confirm referee Craig Pawson’s decision to say no to the spot-kick. [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) who ensured the three points. [Ederson](https://www.mancity.com/players/ederson), Akanji, Dias, [Laporte](https://www.mancity.com/players/aymeric-laporte), Cancelo, [Rodrigo](https://www.mancity.com/players/rodrigo), [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) ©, [Bernardo](https://www.mancity.com/players/bernardo-silva), [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) ( [Foden](https://www.mancity.com/players/phil-foden) 61), Grealish ( [Palmer](https://www.mancity.com/players/cole-palmer) 77), Haaland (Alvarez 80). [Ederson](https://www.mancity.com/players/ederson). [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) set up Rihad [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) for a close-range shot which was well saved by Sánchez. [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) cross before Sánchez and ended up on the floor. [Guardiola](https://www.mancity.com/players/pep-guardiola) had overseen 600 goals for City in the Premier League since arriving at the start of the 2016-17 campaign, with [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) ensuring 601.
The freewheeling fun of Manchester City's Erling Haaland era ground to a halt at Anfield. The big Norway superstar made sure to bring back the good times ...
Those are kinks that it will be intriguing to see the most decorated tactician of his generation iron out and he’ll undoubtedly have taken a thing or two from this absorbing joust with De Zerbi. Leandro Trossard spanked home a 20-yarder that was too hot for Ederson to handle and the Brazil goalkeeper saved impressively after a barnstorming run from the Brighton goalscorer in the 73rd minute. Now, as was the case on Saturday, they can be outplayed and out-thought for periods but blast their way out of trouble. It was definitely funny and things started to feel like fun again after a sapping week on the blue side of Manchester. In one glorious passage of play, Riyad Mahrez nutmegged Adam Lallana to get City moving down the right. Haaland slotted home and VAR upheld the goal, probably to teach Webster and children watching everywhere that standing in front of an articulated lorry when it’s thundering downhill is a terrible idea.
Manchester City defeated Brighton on Saturday with Erling Haaland back among the goals.
"In the end, we had our chances, we scored three goals and that was important. "We trained for that and Eddy played a perfect ball to Erling and he was able to run through and score the goal. There are some things that we could have done better, but Brighton did well. "So everybody knows that it is never easy to go one v one against Erling Haaland. “I think the most important thing is that we got the three points. Unsurprisingly, it was Haaland who put City in front with a first-half brace before [Kevin De Bruyne](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/kevin-de-bruyne) secured the points late on with a stunning strike.
Manchester City look to bounce back from their defeat at Anfield last week as they welcome Brighton to the Etihad this afternoon.
This is certainly not the ground to be in a wasteful mood either. Of course we take the lesson on and off the pitch. That means Foden has to settle for a place among the substitutes. Goals continue to be a problem for Roberto De Zerbi’s side, who have not scored in their last three matches. With no match in midweek, the likes of That narrow loss to Liverpool ended the unbeaten start