Brighton vs Man City highlights: Reaction as Guardiola sends title race warning to Arsenal
Pep Guardiola’s men can close the gap on Arsenal at the top of the table
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City kept their hunt for an unprecedented fourth successive title on track with a completely dominant 4-0 win at Brighton.
After securing their place in the FA Cup final, with a 1-0 win over Chelsea on Saturday, Pep Guardiola’s team continued their title challenge in emphatic fashion.
Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring after just 16 minutes with a stunning header, before Phil Foden netted his 50th Premier League goal just after the half hour mark.
The England international added his second shortly afterwards and Julian Alvarez wrapped up the scoring with a well-timed fourth.
While Brighton might feel aggrieved that they did not have two penalties. There was one shout as Gross was pulled back inside the box, and a second for a clumsy foul by Gvardiol on Joao Pedro, but VAR did not extensively review the deicisons, or send the referee to the monitor.
City are still the favourites to lift the trophy as they still have a game in hand on Mikel Arteta’s side and only trail by one point.
After securing European football for the first time in the club’s history last year, the Seagulls are still in with a chance of repeating that feat, although their chances took a significant dent with the heavy defeat.
Follow all the action below plus get the latest odds and Brighton vs Man City predictions here.
Brighton 0-4 Man City
89’ Manchester City are just controlling this match to its inevitable finish now. They are controlling the ball, and have done everything they need to take a step forward in their battle to retain the Premier League title.
Brighton 0-4 Man City
86’ Chance! The best chance of the night for Brighton! Joao Pedro was picked out in front of Ederson and he just put the ball wide of the target.
Brighton 0-4 Man City
85’ After the ball rebounds off the referee and is given back to Brighton, they send it back to their goalkeeper and it feels like the game is just meandering to a finish.
There was a half chance for Brighton, when Ederson charged out of his box to make a clearance, but they were unable to take the shot at the open goal.
Brighton 0-4 Man City
83’ Man City have another free kick, and those have been succesful for them, but a short one to try and pick out Grealish ends in a goal kick.
Brighton 0-4 Man City
80’ Some of the home fans are just starting to trickle out of the stadium as the match goes into the final 10 minutes of normal time.
Other than two significant penalty shouts, Brighton have not come close to creating many clear-cut chances or finding a way through the City defence.
Brighton 0-4 Man City
78’ A triple change for City, Walker, Silva and Rodri come off for Doku, Lewis and Gomez.
Brighton 0-4 Man City
77’ City are just playing the ball around with ease here. Baleba has been shown a yellow card for a shirt tug right under the referee’s nose.
Brighton 0-4 Man City
75’ There has not been a lot on offer for Welbeck, and he will come off for Mark O’Mahony, who will be involved at the Amex Stadium for the first time.
Brighton 0-4 Man City
73’ Gvardiol has a shot after being played in by Grealish, but it’s straight at Steele who holds onto the ball at his near post.
Brighton 0-4 Man City
71’ Brighton thought they had a good shout for a penalty when Joao Pedro was brought down by Gvardiol in the box without getting a touch on the ball.
Surprisingly, there was no lengthy VAR check, for the second time in the game, and Brighton have been denied a penalty, as the referee’s on-field decision was upheld.
City make two changes, Grealish and Nunes on for Foden and De Bruyne.
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