Post Match report for the Man City game - Sunday, 31st August 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Brighton V Man City - 31/8/25 P3
* * * * * NO THROWBACK TO 2017 * * * * *
RESULT: 2-1 ~ Milner Gruda . (h-t 0-1)
VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - second home match of 3 fixtures to date . Sun 2:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: we had not hosted these multiple champs so early in the campaign since opening our initial Prem season 8 years ago, when first getting to grips with what this elite league demanded.
Now the final result was less predictable, although expectations were probably higher from domestic support.
WEATHER: mild . GATE: tba . ATMOSPHERE: manic depression to sky-high climax.
FABIAN HURZELER had not exactly set the Prem alight to date and the jury was out on current strategy & tactics.
FH was able to pick from almost full numbers available after midweek knockout competition antics.
SQUAD: 3 Julio 9 Tzimas 14 Watson 19 Kostoulas 27 Wieffer 38 McGill (gk) 40 Buonanotte
INJURED: 31 Enciso . REHAB: 4 Webster 7 March
OOL: 16 Cashin 28 Ferguson 32 Sarmiento 35 Moran 36 Yalcouye 39 Rushworth (gk)
LEFT: Lamptey Estupinan Pedro Adingra Offiah Mullins Barco Sima
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 34 Veltman 6 van Hecke 5 Dunk 29 de Cuyper
. 11 Minteh 17 Baleba 13 Hinshelwood 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 25 Gomez . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 61 - 8 Gruda 10 Rutter 20 Milner 26 Ayar . 95 - 42 Coppola
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 21 Boscagli 24 Kadioglu 33 ORiley
GOALS:
0-1 - 34 . visitors score first from a simple ball down the middle and a flick forward.
1-1 - 67 . MILNER takes a pressure penalty having never previously scored for BHA
2-1 - 89 . GRUDA nets after showing skill when going thru and rounding the keeper. Ast Mitoma.
YELLOWS: van Hecke 16, Veltman 77
CHANGES: 61 Gruda Rutter Milner & Ayari for Gomez Welbeck Baleba & Hinshelwood
95 Coppola for Minteh
FIRST HALF: visitors dominated possession but when hosts did have the ball they lost it too easily.
City lead not long after half an hour completed.
But fail to double the lead.
SECOND HALF: on the hour mark Albion make a quadruple substitution count.
Hosts level from the spot five minutes later.
And pile on pressure.
A super-sub nets the blue & white winner just prior to ninety minutes.
IN THE END: locals hold out against shocked travellers at the death.
NUMBERS: poss 37%-63%, on target 7-3, off target 5-9, corners 3-2,
fouls 16-14, yellows 2-2, subs 5-4, shape 4231-433 . . . . . gd-1 pt4 po10
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