Luton vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as City survive scare
Luton 1-2 Man City: Grealish and Bernardo’s second-half strikes secured a comeback win for City
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City ended their four match run without a win as they edged past Luton Town 2-1 at Kenilworth Road in a contest that threatened to end in another negative result for Pep Guardiola’s men.
Without Erling Haaland in the squad, the visitors struggled to capitalise on their possession the first half and, aided by some fine saves from Thomas Kaminski, Lutin kept them at bay. Elijah Adebayo leapt above everyone else to nod home the opener just before the half-time break and Luton took the lead.
In the second half, Man City picked up where they left off and pushes the Hatters deep. Bernardo Silva curled in a superb left-footed strike just after the hour mark to equalise before Jack Grealish slotted home to decisive goal to secure the points for the champions.
Relive the action from Kenilworth Road below:
Manchester City survive scare in battling comeback win against Luton
Manchester City survived a scare as they recovered from going a goal behind at half-time to put down a brave fight by Luton and battle to a 2-1 Premier League victory at Kenilworth Road.
The champions had been without a victory in four games and that run looked like stretching in the most unlikely circumstances when Elijah Adebayo headed in for Rob Edwards’ side on the stroke of the interval.
City were missing the injured Erling Haaland – with in-form winger Jeremy Doku also ruled out – and looked set to remain seven points off the Premier League summit as Luton bravely held their lead beyond the hour mark.
Then, Pep Guardiola’s side burst to life to revive their title defence, with two goals in three minutes from Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish turning the game on its head as a famous upset was narrowly bypassed.
Manchester City survive scare in battling comeback win against Luton
Luton 1-2 Man City: Elijah Adebayo’s opener gave the Hatters the lead before Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish replied after the break
Post match reaction from Jack Grealish
Manchester City’s Jack Grealish spoke to Sky Sports after the Luton victory saying: “I think a lot of people like to talk about City and go on like it’s a big crisis, in reality we’ve played very good teams.
“Spurs who’ve been unbelievable, Liverpool who are top, Chelsea and Villa away, who’ve got one of the best records in Europe.
“We knew we had to keep calm today and buzzing to get back to winning ways.”
FT Luton 1-2 Man City
Manchester City have fallen 1-0 behind in three successive Premier League games for the first time since November 2019 - which was during the last season they failed to win the title.
Full-time! Luton 1-2 Man City
90+6 mins: The full-time whistle is blown to end this fascinating encounter at Kenilworth Road. Manchester City end their run of games without a win but they were made to work for it.
Elijah Adebayo sent the hosts ahead but goals from Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish were enough to spare City any blushes. Pep Guardiola’s men pick up the three points.
Luton 1-2 Man City
90 mins: Six minutes of added time to play at Kenilworth Road.
Luton 1-2 Man City
85 mins: Manchester City are closing in on their first Premier League win in five matches. It would take them within four points of Liverpool who currently sit top of the table.
Luton 1-2 Man City
82 mins: Tahith Chong is introduced for Luton replacing Ryan Giles. Rob Edwards is trying to spur on his team at least. It’s an attacking change with less than 10 minutes to play.
Luton 1-2 Man City
79 mins: Luton could do with having one more chance to score. Man City seem pretty comfortable now and another goal for the visitors will kill off the game.
The home fans are in fine voice, they think their team can score again.
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