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Published: May 18, 2021 9:28 pm
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Man City downed by Brighton
Manchester City played out their penultimate game of the Premier League season on Tuesday evening.
The Citizens faced off with Brighton at the Amex, with fans having of course been back in the stadium for the first time this campaign.
And those in attendance on Tuesday were treated to a thoroughly entertaining 90 minutes.
Ilkay Gundogan fired the visitors into the lead after just two minutes, before Joao Cancelo was shown a straight red card eight minutes later.
Joao Cancelo is sent off after fouling Danny Welbeck and denying him a goal-scoring opportunity ?
The visitors have the early lead but are down to 10 men… pic.twitter.com/dXTRoRiwra
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 18, 2021
Despite going down to ten men, though, it was City who netted next, as Phil Foden surged forward 48 minutes in to bag a spectacular solo goal:
Phil Foden, stop that! Stop that right now! ???
That is a magical individual goal! pic.twitter.com/QumfqACKg2
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 18, 2021
Brighton, however, did not give up, and pulled one back just a few moments later, via Leandro Trossard:
Anything Phil Foden can do…
Leandro Trossard picks his moment before unleashing a thunderous strike! ⚡️
He had the whole Man City defence on strings there! ? pic.twitter.com/XEtLgmEGIh
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 18, 2021
Adam Webster then drew the hosts level with just under 20 minutes remaining, before the Seagulls added a 3rd four minutes later to secure a huge three points:
Dan Burn scrambles the ball home! ?
The AMEX goes wild as Brighton come from 2-0 down to go ahead against the Premier League champions ? pic.twitter.com/hkgFDkTMPY
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 18, 2021
Ilkay Gundogan injury update
The result, all told, however, meant little for either side.
Man City, instead, were no doubt more concerned when, after going down following a heavy tackle in the first-half, Ilkay Gundogan was forced off shortly after the break as a precaution:
55. A precautionary change ?
? 1-2 ⚫️ #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5re pic.twitter.com/Aytgv6TAQI
— Manchester City (@ManCity) May 18, 2021
With the Champions League final coming up later this month, the City faithful were, in turn, left sweating over the fitness of one of their standout performers this season.
When drawn on the German post-match, though, Pep Guardiola provided a fairly positive update, confirming that City’s medical team appeared ‘optimistic’:
“We will see tomorrow, the doctor is optimistic, he had a kick and he was running in the second half with a disturbance so we made the change not to take a risk.”
Guardiola on Gundogan: “We will see tomorrow, the doctor is optimistic, he had a kick and he was running in the second half with a disturbance so we made the change not to take a risk.”
— Sam Lee (@SamLee) May 18, 2021
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Premier League table
| # | Team | MP | D | P |
| 1 | Manchester City FC | 36 | 47 | 83 |
| 2 | Manchester United FC | 36 | 28 | 70 |
| 3 | Leicester City FC | 36 | 21 | 66 |
| 4 | Chelsea FC | 36 | 22 | 64 |
| 5 | Liverpool FC | 36 | 21 | 63 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 36 | 22 | 59 |
| 7 | West Ham United FC | 36 | 10 | 59 |
| 8 | Everton FC | 36 | 3 | 56 |
| 9 | Arsenal FC | 36 | 12 | 55 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 36 | 4 | 53 |
| 11 | Aston Villa FC | 36 | 7 | 49 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 36 | -14 | 45 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace FC | 36 | -21 | 44 |
| 14 | Southampton FC | 36 | -16 | 43 |
| 15 | Burnley FC | 36 | -18 | 39 |
| 16 | Newcastle United FC | 36 | -19 | 39 |
| 17 | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 36 | -5 | 38 |
| 18 | Fulham FC | 36 | -24 | 27 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 36 | -37 | 26 |
| 20 | Sheffield United FC | 36 | -43 | 20 |
| Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 22 |
| Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 22 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 17 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 17 |
| Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 16 |
| Calvert-Lewin, Dominic | Everton FC | 16 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 13 |
| Watkins, Ollie | Aston Villa FC | 13 |
| Gundogan, Ilkay | Manchester City FC | 13 |
| Lacazette, Alexandre | Arsenal FC | 13 |
| Wilson, Callum | Newcastle United FC | 12 |
| Ings, Danny | Southampton FC | 12 |
| Wood, Chris | Burnley FC | 12 |
| Iheanacho, Kelechi | Leicester City FC | 12 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 11 |
| Zaha, Wilfried | Crystal Palace FC | 11 |
| Pereira, Matheus | West Bromwich Albion | 10 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 10 |
| Cavani, Edinson | Manchester United FC | 10 |
| Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick | Arsenal FC | 10 |
| Player | Team | Red Cards | Yellow Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maguire, Harry | Manchester United FC | 0 | 11 |
| McGinn, John | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 10 |
| Gallagher, Conor | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | 10 |
| Milivojevic, Luka | Crystal Palace FC | 1 | 8 |
| Lundstram, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 8 |
| Phillips, Kalvin | Leeds United | 0 | 9 |
| Luiz, Douglas | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 8 |
| Bissouma, Yves | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 1 | 8 |
| Soucek, Tomas | West Ham United FC | 1 | 7 |
| Hojbjerg, Pierre | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 0 | 8 |
| Shaw, Luke | Manchester United FC | 0 | 8 |
| Xhaka, Granit | Arsenal FC | 1 | 7 |
| Bellerin, Hector | Arsenal FC | 0 | 8 |
| Andersen, Joachim | Fulham FC | 1 | 7 |
| Egan, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 7 |
| Holgate, Mason | Everton FC | 0 | 8 |
| Hayden, Isaac | Newcastle United FC | 0 | 8 |
| Dallas, Stuart | Leeds United | 0 | 7 |
| McGoldrick, David | Sheffield United FC | 0 | 7 |
| Reid, Bobby | Fulham FC | 0 | 7 |
| Player | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 13 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 12 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 10 |
| Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 10 |
| De Bruyne, Kevin | Manchester City FC | 10 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 9 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 8 |
| Harrison, Jack | Leeds United | 8 |
| Werner, Timo | Chelsea FC | 8 |
| Raphinha | Leeds United | 8 |
| Gross, Pascal | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 8 |
| Pereira, Matheus | West Bromwich Albion | 7 |
| Mane, Sadio | Liverpool FC | 7 |
| Ward-Prowse, James | Southampton FC | 7 |
| Eze, Eberechi | Crystal Palace FC | 7 |
| Alexander-Arnold, Trent | Liverpool FC | 7 |
| Cresswell, Aaron | West Ham United FC | 7 |
| Digne, Lucas | Everton FC | 7 |
| Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 6 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 6 |
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