Brighton & Hove vs Manchester City (1-4)
Manchester town came from behind to assert consecutive Premier League titles with a 4-1 win at Brighton and Hove Albion.
Knowing a final day victory could guarantee glory at the expense of Jurgen Klopp’s relentless port, sprightliness Guardiola’s men were surprised by a 27th-minute astronaut Murray opener.
Final-day specialist Sergio Aguero found a response inside eighty-three seconds and Aymeric Laporte reborn Riyad Mahrez’s 38th-minute corner to place town back up to the mark of their destiny.
Mahrez, a surprise choice once associate degree underwhelming debut season at the Etihad arena, created smart on his record-signing standing and Ilkay Gundogan further gloss for the raucous move supporters WHO have currently seen their team prevail in four of the past eight Premier League seasons.
The city was far away from their fluent best too soon and, once the Albion devoted with happiness relayed data of Sadio Mane’s 17th-minute opener against Wolves in associate degree final 2-0 win at Anfield, they fell behind.
Murray found himself on the proper finish of a couple with Oleksandr Zinchenko once he reborn Pascal Gross’ corner at the close to post.
The response was instant and clinical, by Aguero drilling David Silva’s fun flick through the legs of Matt Ryan.
Brighton’s goalkeeper then denied Bernardo timber and Mahrez however erred in rental the latter save dribble behind. Laporte rose joyously to power in Mahrez’s iteration delivery.
A rasping Gundogan drive once half-time did not penetrate a mass of bodies, though Ryan didn’t do the efforts of these ahead of him justice within the sixty-fourth minute.
Other Match: Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur (1-0)
Goals Brighton & Hove
| 27′ | Brighton & Hove | G. Murray |
Goals Manchester City
| 28′ | Manchester City | S. Aguero |
| 38′ | Manchester City | A. Laporte |
| 63′ | Manchester City | R. Mahrez |
| 72′ | Manchester City | I. Gundogan |
Brighton & Hove Lineups
| 1 | Mathew Ryan |
| 2 | Bruno Saltor |
| 4 | Shane Duffy |
| 5 | Lewis Dunk |
| 30 | Bernardo |
| 11 | Anthony Knockaert |
| 13 | Pascal Groß |
| 7 | Beram Kayal |
| 8 | Yves Bissouma |
| 16 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh |
| 17 | Glenn Murray |
Manchester City Lineups
| 31 | Ederson |
| 2 | Kyle Walker |
| 4 | Vincent Kompany |
| 14 | Aymeric Laporte |
| 35 | Oleksandr Zinchenko |
| 20 | Bernardo Silva |
| 8 | İlkay Gündoğan |
| 21 | David Silva |
| 26 | Riyad Mahrez |
| 7 | Raheem Sterling |
| 10 | Sergio Agüero |
Brighton & Hove Albion – Manchester City Match Statistics
Brighton & Hove Albion |
Manchester City |
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| 6 | Shots Total | 20 |
| 2 | Shots on goal | 9 |
| 3 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 1 | Shots blocked | 8 |
| 3 | Shots inside box | 9 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 11 |
| 12 | Fouls | 8 |
| 2 | Corners | 6 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 5 | Saves | 1 |
| 23% | Possession Time | 77% |
| 245 | Passes Total | 792 |
| 176 | Accurate Passes | 734 |
| 72% | Accurate Passes% | 93% |
Back 2 Back Premier League Champions! 🏆🏆
We reigned and we retained! 💪
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— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 12, 2019