Without Haaland, without truce – AS.com

“It’s one of the toughest games of the season.” Guardiola warned of Brighton’s dangers, but his players contradicted him. It only took a little more than half an hour to end the duel. Without Haaland, without giving truce. The Norwegian is still suffering from the discomfort for which he was substituted against Madrid. Thursday was the second game he missed since then. But Foden appeared at the Amex Stadium. The Englishman once again put the team on his back.

Although it was Brighton who warned first, City was the one who hit. In the 17th minute, Foden saw Walker, and the full-back found De Bruyne in the area with an exquisite center. The Belgian put his team in the lead. The locals tried to respond, but Foden disarmed the seagulls with two goals in seven minutes. In the first of them, in the 27th minute, His direct free kick bounced off Gross and ended up inside the goal. An error by the seagulls when trying to get the ball played resulted in their ruling. Foden, again, with a first-time shot after a loose ball reached Bernardo.

De Zerbi did not give in and his team looked to get back into the game after the restart. However, all the danger they created were two actions in which they demanded the maximum penalty. After game time, Álvarez definitively closed the game, and a streak of ten games without scoring. Ederson found Walker and he found the Argentine, who got rid of Steele and scored into an empty goal.

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