In the early morning of February 6, in the 23rd round of the English Premier League, Manchester City challenged Brentford away. In the 21st minute of the game, Maupay broke the deadlock with a one-handed diagonal shot; In first-half stoppage time, Foden equalised. By half-time, both teams had 17-3 shots on goal, with City clearly dominating.
Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland provided assists for Foden in the 53rd and 70th minutes respectively to complete his hat-trick. In the end, Manchester City beat Brentford 3-1 away, and although they have played fewer games, they are only two points behind Liverpool and in second place.
The focus of the competition.
Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne started at the same time in this game, which also means that the pudding pair will play together again after 178 days.
Manchester City lost a total of five games last season, including being beaten twice by Brentford. In this game, Blue Moon finally succeeded in revenge.
Manchester City is worth a total of 12The 500 million team has won 9 games in a row after this game, which is a remarkable result.
Wonderful moments.
In the third minute, Gvardiol's clearance hit Rodri to create an attacking opportunity for Brentford, before Dias cleared the ball with an overhead kick.
In the 7th minute, Pudding's cross found Haaland, who received the ball and tried to shoot, but was blocked by an opposing defender.
In the 11th minute, Fleken just managed to block Alvarez's shot from an angle.
Haaland opened his bow in the 13th minute and Foden's shot went straight to the corner, but it was saved by Fracken.
In the 21st minute, Fleken took a goal kick that Ivan Tony deflected past Ake, and then Maupay stepped in and scored with a diagonal shot.
Haaland made a tackle in the 23rd minute and then set up a one-on-one chance to get his shot denied by Fracken's foot.
Flicon showed his save again in the 27th minute when he blocked Gvardiol's powerful shot.
Foden had plenty of power on goal in the 44th minute, causing Fleken to be unable to catch the ball securely, creating a dangerous situation.
De Bruyne's cross was cleared by a header in first-half stoppage time, and Foden stopped the ball and swept in one shot to level the scores.
Foden opened the scoring with a cross from Kevin De Bruyne in the 53rd minute.
Maupay received a corner kick from a teammate in the 62nd minute and fired a shot from close range, but it was blocked by Gvardiol.
Foden scored a hat-trick in the 70th minute with Rodri passing through and Haaland assisting.
The player's scoring rating.
The team's starting lineup.
City's starting line-up includes: Ederson (No. 31), Walker (No. 2), Ake (No. 6), Dias (No. 3), Gvardiol (No. 24), Rodri (No. 16), De Bruyne (No. 17), Bench B (No. 20, replaced at 71 minutes, substituted by Doku (No. 11), Foden (No. 47), Alvarez (No. 19), Haaland (No. 9).
City's bench includes: Ortega (no.18), John Stones (no.5), Mateo Kovacic (no.8), Jack Grealish (no.10), Akanji (no.25), Nunes (no.27), Bob (no.52), Lewis (no.82).
The starting Brentford line-up consisted of goalkeeper No. 1 Fleken, No. 5 Pinnock, No. 16 Ben Mee, No. 22 Collins, No. 12 Reguilon (79' for Ajer, No. 20 Ayar, Roslof-Rasmussen (77' for No. 23 Lewis Potter, Norgaard, No. 8 Jensen (76' for No. 24 Damsgaard, Janet (76' for Yarmolyuk, Morpai for 33, Ivan Toney.
The bench includes: No. 13 Zana, No. 21 Strakosha, No. 26 Baptiste, No. 38 Brierley, No. 43 Frederick.