Tau's Brighton Stun Champs Man City
19 May, 2021
Brighton and Hove Albion rallied backside from two goals right down to defeat ten-man Manchester City 3-2 on Tuesday evening.
Premier League
End result: Brighton and Hove Albion 3-2 Manchester City
Date: 18 May 2021
Venue: AMEX Stadium
The Citizens made six changes, as goalkeeper Ederson, Oleksandr Zinchenko, John Stones, Ruben Dias, Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden were all recalled while Percy Tau started from the bench once again for Brighton.
City got off to a perfect start out after IIkay Gundogan gave them the business lead in just the next minute with a header at the trunk post from Mahrez's cross.
Even so, Pep Guardiola's charges had been reduced to ten men in the tenth minute soon after Joao Cancelowas shown a straight reddish card for decreasing Danny Welbeck, who was simply in on goal.
Guardiola sacrificed striker Ferran Torres and brought on Eric Garcia to shore up the defence while Graham Potter was forced to produce a change after Welbeck could not shake off a personal injury and was replaced by Leandro Trossard.
Man City began the second stanza just as they did with the primary, with Foden doubling the business lead 3 minutes from the break with a exceptional solo function before drilling the ball in to the far corner.
Even so, the Seagulls pulled an objective back two minutes after after Rodri's poor again pass located Trossard, who as well dribbled his way inside the box before unleashing a rocket in to the top corner.
Adam Webster snatched the equaliser for the hosts within the last 18 mins with a good towering header in the box after a good cross by Pascal Gross.
Dan Burn completed the comeback several minutes down the road after bundling home a good strike inside box after his original shot was parried back into his route by Ederson at hand Brighton their first-ever league make an impression on City.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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