Man City win the Premier League: Pep Guardiola's side thrash Brighton to claim title
Here's how it played out at the Amex
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City have won the Premier League title after victory at Brighton.
Glenn Murray put Brighton ahead in the 27th minute before Sergio Aguero levelled just 83 seconds later in a frantic first-half. City pushed again and Aymeric Laporte put them ahead with a bullet header from a corner just before half-time. Riyad Mahrez's shot from range added to their lead just after the hour mark before Ilkay Gundogan sealed it with a wonderful free-kick.
Here's all the latest reaction from the Amex.
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But it is at the very top that most of the intrigue lies.
Brighton have not rolled over, and their threat from set-pieces will not go away.
Manchester City will want more, and preferably quickly to ease the nerves.
Some wonderful crowd reactions in that first half, bouncing between agony and ecstasy as the goals went in at Anfield and the Amex.
45 minutes left.
An exhausted Pep Guardiola flops back into his seat on the bench. It looks like the half time team talk was a vigorous one.
He's ditched the thick jumper, by the way.
Brighton 1-2 Manchester City, 46 minutes
First shot, first block, Bernardo in the way of Riyad Mahrez's shot.
What are you doing Anthony Knockaert?
The Frenchman is so, so fortunate that Manchester City fail to capitalise as he back heels the ball back into his own box.
GOAL! Watford 1-2 West Ham (Gerard Deulofeu, 46 minutes)
Watford back amongst it! An error from Pablo Zabaleta and Gerard Deulofeu trots past Lukasz Fabianski to narrow the deficit.
Brighton 1-2 Manchester City, 49 minutes
Manchester City stroke the ball from right-to-left and back again, losing for openings in a now tightly-packed defensive nine for Brighton.
RED CARD! Jose Holebas is dismissed! Watford 1-2 West Ham, 48 minutes
The Greek left-back is the last man, chopping down Michail Antonio with the West Ham flyer through on goal, and he'll take his medicine.
A blow for Watford, just as they were looking back in it, doubly so as it means Holebas will miss the FA Cup final.
Brighton 1-2 Manchester City, 53 minutes
That's better from Brighton, a couple of quickly-taken free kicks enabling them to spring forward at pace and draw another foul from which they can deliver into the box...
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