In the early hours of April 26, a make-up match for the 29th round of the English Premier League was held, and Manchester City met Brighton and Hove Albion away from home. In this game, Manchester City was on fire, winning 4-0. The winning Manchester City team continued to cling to the Arsenal team in the standings, one point behind Arsenal with one game less, and continued to put pressure on Arsenal on the road to the title.
In the 17th minute of the first half, Walker's cross from the right was met by De Bruyne in the penalty area, giving Manchester City a 1-0 lead.
In the 25th minute, Manchester City won a free-kick in front of the goal, Foden hit Gross on the back and bounced into the goal, and Manchester City changed the score to 2-0.
In the 34th minute, Balko made a mistake in the pass, and City launched an attack after breaking the ball, and Foden pushed home to extend City's lead to three goals.
In the 62nd minute, Ederson drove up front to launch an attack, Walker's one-on-one chance was disrupted, Alvarez grabbed the ball in the box and volleyed home to give Manchester City a 4-0 lead over Brighton.
At the end of the 90 minutes, City won 4-0 at Brighton thanks to a brace from Phil Foden and goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Alvarez. Manchester City reached 76 points after this game, surpassing Liverpool with one game in hand, and only one point behind Arsenal at the top of the table.
City starting line-up: Ederson, Gvardiol, Ake, Akanji, Walker, Rodri, Foden, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Alvarez
Brighton starting line-up: Steele, Feltman, Van Blackk, Dunk, Balko, Baleba, Moder, Lallana, Gross, Joao Pedro, Welbeck