The Premier League played a make-up match in the 29th round on this night, with Manchester City visiting Brighton. Manchester City's biggest setback this season was undoubtedly being eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. In that life-and-death battle with Real Madrid, Manchester City actually played very well, shooting 33 times on goal, while Real Madrid only had 8 shots on goal, but Manchester City wasted too many opportunities, resulting in being dragged into a penalty shootout, and finally regretted being out of the game and missing the title defense! Although the Champions League was out, the Manchester City players quickly adjusted their mentality and returned to the FA Cup, eliminated Chelsea, advanced to the final, and will face Manchester United. This time in the league, Manchester City face Brighton. As a result, Manchester City beat their opponents wildly and took all three points.
In this game, Manchester City lined up a 4141 formation. Alvarez was at the front. The attacking duo of Foden, Mateo Kovacic, Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva combined to attack. Rodri plays as a single midfielder. Gvardiol, Ake, Akanji and Kyle Walker started the game in the back four. Ederson was the starting goalkeeper. Doku, Jack Grealish, Ruben Dias and John Stones were on the bench.
Manchester City scored in the 17th minute. It was De Bruyne's first header in the Premier League. You must know that he has scored 68 goals in the Premier League, and only this one header has scored, and the goal is extremely spectacular. De Bruyne has unlocked a new skill. The stage then became Foden's show, as he scored two goals in just 10 minutes to knock Brighton out in one fell swoop. Alvarez also took advantage of the opportunity to score against Brighton in the second half. The final score was set at 4-0 as Manchester City swept past Brighton.
Manchester City are unbeaten in 30 games in all competitions, including 18 in the Premier League: 14 wins and four draws. The last time City lost was in December, when they lost to Unai Emery's Aston Villa, and since then City have gone into unbeaten mode and are in a frenzy of points. Manchester City's results are really too consistent, which puts a lot of pressure on the title rivals.
In the standings, Arsenal is in 1st place with 77 points, Manchester City is in 2nd place with 76 points and Liverpool is 3rd with 74 points. The difference between the top three is only three points at most. Now it looks like Arsenal have the upper hand, but that's not the case. Because Manchester City have played one game less than Arsenal and Liverpool. Therefore, Manchester City still have the initiative, as long as the game in less game is played and won, Manchester City can surpass Arsenal to the top. Now, Liverpool, which is worth as much as 900 million euros, is the first to fall behind, and in the few remaining games, Manchester City and Arsenal need to drop the chain for Liverpool to have any hope of reaching the top, which is very slim. The current league title is basically between Manchester City and Arsenal!