Man City

2022 - 10 - 23

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Manchester City vs. Brighton result, highlights & analysis: Erling ... (Sporting News)

The freewheeling fun of Manchester City's Erling Haaland era ground to a halt at Anfield. The big Norway superstar made sure to bring back the good times ...

Those are kinks that it will be intriguing to see the most decorated tactician of his generation iron out and he’ll undoubtedly have taken a thing or two from this absorbing joust with De Zerbi. Leandro Trossard spanked home a 20-yarder that was too hot for Ederson to handle and the Brazil goalkeeper saved impressively after a barnstorming run from the Brighton goalscorer in the 73rd minute. Now, as was the case on Saturday, they can be outplayed and out-thought for periods but blast their way out of trouble. It was definitely funny and things started to feel like fun again after a sapping week on the blue side of Manchester. In one glorious passage of play, Riyad Mahrez nutmegged Adam Lallana to get City moving down the right. Haaland slotted home and VAR upheld the goal, probably to teach Webster and children watching everywhere that standing in front of an articulated lorry when it’s thundering downhill is a terrible idea.

Man City boss Guardiola on Haaland's scoring form: 'My English is ... (ESPN)

Pep Guardiola said his English isn't good enough to keep coming up with superlatives to describe Erling Haaland. Haaland scored another two goals in the 3-1 ...

"I'm not happy but I don't want to speak too much about the referee, the decision or VAR. I believe if we continue to play at this level we will win many games." The visitors, who had more possession across the 90 minutes than Man City, were pushing for an equaliser until [Kevin De Bruyne](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/134947/Kevin-De-Bruyne) wrapped up the points with a stunning strike from 25 yards. "He's not playing at his top level yet," the Man City boss said. It was a type of game we are not used to because we don't have any men free. "The numbers are incredible and there's no doubt about his quality.

De Bruyne: City set up to go again and again (Manchester City FC)

Kevin De Bruyne has pointed to Manchester City's relentless desire for success following our 3-1 Premier League triumph against Brighton.

“It depends on the games and now we play with a real out-and-out striker. “It is a nice feeling to win, and we try to achieve that every year. We are always fighting to go again, and it is a squad with great humility. He makes different movements, so I think you have to adapt a little bit to the way he wants to play also, but I think it is going quite well. “It is maybe not the same as Erling, but if you see Gabriel Jesus at Arsenal, he is a real number nine. “Even if we won last year, we don’t take it for granted and we want to go again.

Haaland has another victim! Man City winners, losers & ratings as ... (Goal.com)

Erling Haaland scored two more as Manchester City got the job done against Brighton - here's GOAL's winners, losers and ratings!

[Ahead of the game, Guardiola said he had more faith in the Reds than Klopp.](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/liverpool-biggest-threat-man-city-title-guardiola/blt57cf9c3a66a4a459) Perhaps the German was right all along, however, with defeat at Nottingham Forest meaning a title win looks well out of their reach at this moment. [It felt like much more of a convincing shout than the spot-kick that was awarded by VAR moments later after Bernardo Silva went down under Lewis Dunk's stray leg](https://www.goal.com/en/news/man-utd-fans-angered-by-var-man-city-awarded-controversial-penalty-brighton/bltef4adefac9cb2a9c). A 60-second spell at the start of the second half completely changed the direction of the match.

Haaland double gets Man City back on track (beIN SPORTS AUSTRALIA)

An Erling Haaland brace and a brilliant effort from Kevin De Bruyne helped Manchester City bounce back from last week's loss to Liverpool.

Trossard then forced Ederson into a reflex save as Brighton continued to push, but their efforts were undone when De Bruyne picked out the top-left corner with 15 minutes remaining, having been teed up by Silva. However, Brighton needed just eight minutes to half the arrears after the break, as Trossard cut inside from the left before beating Ederson at his near post from 18 yards out, Solly March with the assist. Leandro Trossard dragged Brighton back into contention after the break, but Pep Guardiola's champions weathered the storm before Kevin De Bruyne made the points safe with a trademark long-range strike.

Man City praised for adapting to Erling Haaland's arrival (Manchester Evening News)

Gianfranco Zola has commended Manchester City's adaptability following the arrival of summer signing Erling Haaland. The Norweigan has made quite the impact ...

Replacing Gabriel Jesus and [Sergio Aguero](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/sergio-aguero) seemed a tough feat but the Blues have found their man and everything seems to be clicking into place as of late. ''To be honest, I’m surprised because previously Manchester City didn’t involve the striker much, they used to play around him and play a lot of balls to wide areas and cut it back for midfielders coming into the box. The Norweigan has made quite the impact following his switch from Borussia Dortmund back in June and added a further two goals to his impressive tally against Brighton at the Etihad yesterday afternoon.