On the night of March 15 (Vietnam time), Man City hosted Brighton in round 29 of the Premier League. The home team is under pressure to win to return to the top 4.
In the 6th minute, Brighton heartbroken Man City when Kaoru Mitoma put the ball into the net, but the referee canceled the goal due to this player's mistake. In the 11th minute, Adam Webster fouled Omar Marmoush, The Citizens were awarded a penalty. Erling Haaland made no mistake to open the scoring for his team.
In the 21st minute, Pervis Estupinan equalized for Brighton with a beautiful free kick. But Marmoush re-established City's lead with a technical finish from the edge of the box late in the first half.
Unfortunately, early in the second half, in an attempt to block Jack Hinshelwood's shot, centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov accidentally scored from his own net. With a total of 40 goals conceded in the Premier League this season, this is the team's worst number under Guardiola.
In the remaining minutes, despite controlling the ball more, they did not create many threats. In contrast, Brighton had many dangerous counter-attacks, making it impossible for Man City to recklessly take the lead.
The final result of 2-2 can be considered quite worthy of the performance of both sides. Man City continues to stand in 5th place, 1 point behind the team above Chelsea, but has played 1 more match than their opponent. Brighton are right behind the Citizens by just one point.
