Post Match report for the Man City game - Saturday, 15th March 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Manchester City V Brighton - 15/3/25 P29
* * * * * LOSSES HALTED AT CHAMPIONS * * * * *
RESULT: 2-2 ~ Estupinan og . (h-t 2-1)
VENUE: the Etihad, Manchester - fifteenth away match of 29 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: this next contest up north, at a place where we had previously lost all seven visits in a row, marked three-quarters of the way thru the current campaign.
The run-in would begin after the forthcoming March international break and FA Cup q-f weekend at end of the month.
City were one of several clubs vying for a place in Europe next term and so were expected to prove determined opponents.
WEATHER: cold . GATE: tba . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: almost another dam squid in Manchester
FABIAN HURZELER was in a positive frame of mind following a record-breaking series of wins since tactical disaster at very beginning of February.
FH was pondering putting out a settled side but elected to tinker based on pragmatic latest information.
INJURED: 5 Dunk 24 Kadioglu 33 ORiley 34 Veltman
SQUAD: 2 Lamptey 7 March 37 McGill (gk)
REHAB: 3 Julio 6 Milner 23 Steele . OOL: 10 Enciso 28 Ferguson
LEFT: 15 Moder 32 Peupion 44 McConville 45 Boaitey 46 Ifill 47 Samuels 48 Turns
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 41 Hinshelwood 29 van Hecke 4 Webster (C) 30 Estupinan
. 17 Minteh 20 Baleba 25 Gomez 22 Mitoma
. . . . . . 14 Rutter . . . . . . 9 Pedro
SUBS: 26 Ayari (76), 18 Welbeck (76), 8 Gruda (83), 11 Adingra (83), 27 Wieffer (87)
BENCH: 39 Rushworth (gk) 16 Cashin 53 Slater 57 Knight
GOALS:
1-0 - 11 . hosts lead from the penalty spot after a trip in the area by Webster.
1-1 - 21 . ESTUPINAN fires home a free-kick from outside the area with a curling strike.
2-1 - 39 . hosts lead again from a hard shot after visitors give the ball away by over playing.
2-2 - 48 . OG after the ball is deflected from a Hinshelwood effort via a pass from Webster.
YELLOWS: Pedro 10, Mitoma 18, Baleba 26, Wieffer 89, Verbruggen 91
CHANGES: 76 Ayari & Welbeck for Gomez & Rutter
83 Gruda & Adingra for Minteh & Mitoma . 87 Wieffer for Baleba
FIRST HALF: scoring first early in the opening period gives hosts a huge advantage.
Visitors equalise during mid-session direct from a set piece
But Seagulls suffer once more after losing the ball prior to the interval.
SECOND HALF: travellers equalise soon after the re-start via an own goal.
Impact subs arrive late in the afternoon.
IN THE END: a first point at City and that achieved when late momentum was with hosts.
NUMBERS: poss 60%-40%, on target 3-3, off target 8-12, corners 4-5,
fouls 10-10, yellows 2-5, subs 2-5, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd6 pt47 po7
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