Brentford surprised Manchester City, beat him, and left him without the top of the Premier League
Manchester_City – #Brentford -Played on 11/12/ 2022
Manchester City went with everything in search of victory, but in an agonizing counterattack, the visitors achieved 2-1.
With Julián Álvarez in the final minutes, Manchester City drew 1-1 with Brentford for the 16th round of the Premier League but was looking for victory in the final minutes with the Argentine and Erling Haaland. An agonizing and lethal strike from the Bees left him empty-handed after the 2-1 loss and gave Arsenal the chance to cut himself off at the top.
One week before the start of the World Cup, with ten of its eleven starters called up for Qatar, City was prey to ‘pre-World Cup panic’, that unconscious feeling that any situation can frustrate the most important event of the year, and Brentford he wanted to take advantage of what was probably his only chance at the Etihad.
The visitors had not won on the road and Pep Guardiola‘s men had reached the club’s home record, with 16 consecutive games undefeated in all competitions.
At 16 minutes into the first half, Toney opened the scoring with a header and surprised the Ciudadanos. He tried to activate himself from Guardiola’s team, mainly through the Portuguese Bernardo Silva, but Erling Haaland was run over and disconnected, he finished the first half with more calls for penalties than shots on goal. Phil Foden
