It’s starting to smell like an ever-so-slight crisis for title-chasing Manchester City, who suffered their fourth straight loss in a thriller against Brighton. In turn, the light blues have been defeated by Tottenham, Bournemouth, Sporting and now Brighton. They haven’t lost four games in a row since 2006. – Huge turnaround by Brighton. Now it’s serious, Manchester City, commented Viaplay’s Lars Tjærnås on X/Twitter after the match. There are two points separating City and league leaders Liverpool. The latter have a game to spare and face Aston Villa on Saturday night. – They were perhaps too passive in the second half. It’s not often you say that about City, says Alan Smith, football expert for Sky Sports. At the match, Haaland ended up in a basket attack with Jan Paul Van Hecke and seemed mildly annoyed. After the match, City manager Pep Guardiola also had a serious talk with the Brighton stopper. BAD MOOD: Here it becomes a little too much for Erling Braut Haaland and Jan Paul Van Hecke. Photo: GLYN KIRK / AFP Haaland reached new milestone It started relatively calmly in Brighton, but Savinho was quite close to sending City into the lead after a quarter of an hour had been played. But then the away team woke up – and Erling Braut Haaland. The Norwegian was played through beautifully by Mateo Kovacic who ensured that he was alone with the goalkeeper. Jærbuen wrangled the ball past Verbruggen and secured 1-0 for Pep Guardiola’s crew. He has 75 goals in 77 Premier League games. No one has reached the milestone faster than the Norwegian City striker. – Once he gets going, he’s like a steam locomotive you can’t stop, and he didn’t let himself be denied. He has missed a few chances lately, really big chances, but this time he wasn’t going to let it slip away, says Smith. Photo: GLYN KIRK / AFP With that, he scored his twelfth goal in the Premier League for the season, but it was a little too much. He has not scored a goal in his three previous games, which is not everyday for the City star. Haaland did not seem to be finished, because he also had a couple of good opportunities to score his second and third goals already in the first half. Nevertheless, the 24-year-old and City went to the break with 1-0 over Brighton. Magical Brighton minutes After the break, the home team were screwed, and City’s lead felt far from secure in the first ten minutes. Brighton’s pressure would eventually pay off. With just over ten minutes to go, Joao Pedro and Brighton wrangled in the equaliser. Replays showed a furious Haaland roaring in frustration after the late goal. They weren’t finished. For the pressure persisted even after 1-1, and Danish Matt O’Riley, who also has Norwegian ancestry, made it 2-1 in his Premier League debut. Thus, it looked horribly ugly for Haaland and City with less than ten minutes left in normal time. With that, City are two points up on Liverpool, who face Aston Villa on Saturday night. Then the Reds can get a gap of five points, which is quite a lot when we are talking about the two giants. Published 09.11.2024, at 20.29 Updated 09.11.2024, at 20.34
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