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Brighton 1-1 Manchester City: The Seagulls will be in the Europa League next season after holding the champions to a thrilling draw on the south coast
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Champions Manchester City’s 12-match winning streak in the Premier League came to an end as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Brighton , who secured Europa League football for next season.
Treble-chasing City, who wrapped up a fifth title in six seasons at the weekend, lacked their usual intensity but took the lead when Phil Foden slotted home in the 25th minute.
Brighton have sealed sixth-place and the club’s first venture into Europe, and showed why with some vibrant football and Julio Enciso equalised for the hosts with a stunning long-range effort in the 38th minute.
Danny Welbeck had a goal ruled out before halftime for Brighton and Erling Haaland thought he had put City ahead late on but was penalised for shirt-pulling after a VAR check.
It was the first time since February that City had dropped points and with one league game left at Brentford on Sunday they have 89 points, eight more than Arsenal.
Follow all the action as Brighton host Man City in the Premier League:
City allow Haaland to be himself
Fresh off the back of earning a first Premier League winners medal Erling Haaland sat down to speak about his time at Manchester City and how he is adapting to life in the English top flight.
“The environment allows me to be myself every day,” he said, “There are hungry people around me that want to become better every single day and want to help me to become better every single day.
“That is where everything starts from. From Pep, to the physios, to everyone, we want to help each other.
“We want to have a good time together and we want to make every single person in the club better. That is the most important thing.”
Brighton vs Man City
Manchester City have won 10 of the 11 Premier League meetings between the teams, with the exception being Brighton’s 3-2 home victory in May 2021 after the visitors had already been confirmed as champions.
Is that last result a good sign for Brighton tonight?
Lewis Dunk called up by England
Brighton captain Lewis Dunk has been named in the England squad for their upcoming Euro qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia.
The 31-year-old already has one cap to his name when he featured against the USA in November 2018 and his club manager Roberto De Zerbi was full of praise for his efforts this season .
He said, “He deserves to play in the national team. He has developed, he understands football.
“In the first period it was not so easy to understand my idea but he gave me total availability. He doesn’t speak a lot, but he is an example outside of the dressing room and off the pitch. He has to play always.”
Brighton vs Man City
All four of Brighton and Hove Albion’s wins in their 25 league matches against Manchester City have come at home. Can they add to that tally tonight?
Guardiola wants City to maintain their ‘tone'
With the Premier League title sown up you would be forgiven to think that Manchester City would take it easy over the final two league games.
However, manager Pep Guardiola wants to keep his team’s levels high ahead of the FA Cup and Champions League finals in June.
“It would be better to maintain our tone.” he said, “I’m not talking about win or lose, I want to see that our tone is there.
“We cannot play like we have won [the Premier League]. Against these two teams, if we aren’t ready we will suffer a lot. And after it would be a problem.
“But if we maintain the tone and they beat us, they beat us – it can happen.
“It is understandable because they play against Manchester City, the winners in the last years of the Premier League and they want to show how good they are, that’s normal.
“The target of the Premier League is done. But we cannot drop much otherwise it will be more difficult.”
Roberto De Zerbi: Brighton’s Lewis Dunk has been playing through pain barrier
Roberto De Zerbi revealed Lewis Dunk has played through the pain barrier to aid Brighton’s European quest as he backed his captain for an England recall.
Seagulls centre-back Dunk has been ever-present in the Premier League this campaign but could begin on the bench against champions Manchester City on Wednesday evening due to ongoing calf and back issues.
Albion boss De Zerbi admits the 31-year-old took time to adapt to his high-intensity, possession-based style of play after he replaced Graham Potter in September.
Roberto De Zerbi: Brighton’s Lewis Dunk has been playing through pain barrier
Seagulls skipper Dunk has been ever-present in the Premier League this campaign.
Brighton vs Man City prediction
With Manchester City expected to field a weaker line-up than usual and Brighton in terrific form this match should be a cracker. City will remain incredibly tough to beat but the Seagulls could have enough quality to secure a scoring draw.
Brighton 2-2 Manchester City
Brighton vs Man City predicted line-ups
Brighton XI: Steele; Veltman, Dunk, Colwill, Estupinan; Gross, Caicedo; Enciso, Mac Allister, Mitoma; Ferguson.
Man City XI: Ortega; Walker, Laporte, Akanji; Lewis, Phillips; Mahrez, Foden, Palmer, Gomez; Alvarez.
What is the early team news?
Brighton were boosted by the return to fitness of Joel Veltman against Southampton, with the Dutchman returning to the starting side at a right-back position that has proved troublesome in recent weeks. Robert Sanchez, displaced in goal byy Jason Steele earlier this season, is not expected to feature again after allegedly refusing to accept a place on the bench.
A host of first-choice Manchester City starters began on the bench against Chelsea, with Pep Guardiola opting to rotate with the title already secured. Guardiola could again give Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne and co. a rest ahead of twin trophy tilts still to come this season.
How to watch Brighton vs Man City
Brighton vs Manchester City is due to kick off at 8pm BST on Wednesday 24 May at the Amex Stadium near Brighton.
Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, with coverage from 7pm BST. Subscribers can stream the action via the Sky Go app.
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