Messi's junior shines, Man City struggles to defeat "challenger"

On the evening of October 21, Man City will face Brighton in round 9 of the 2023-2024 Premier League.

Mitoma had a great match against Man City.

With superior personnel quality and home field advantage, Man City proactively pushed up their attacking formation from the very first minutes.

In the 7th minute, Jeremy Doku broke through on the left wing and then passed back to Argentine player Julian Alvarez to finish and open the score for Man City.

With an early goal, Man City seemed to relieve pressure and played quite comfortably.

In the 19th minute, taking advantage of Baleba's mistake, Haaland stole the ball and quickly finished from about 20 meters away, raising the score to 2-0.

Despite being 2 goals down after less than 20 minutes, Brighton could not attack under pressure from "The Citizen".

For their part, despite attacking quite a lot, in the remaining time of the first half, Man City players could not score another goal against their opponents.

In the second half, the home team's performance slowed down a bit, creating conditions for Brighton to raise their squad.

After many missed opportunities, in the 72nd minute, the "Seagulls" found a goal to shorten the gap thanks to Ansu Fati.

The credit for this situation goes to Mitoma's effort to dribble and then pass the ball in.

In the remaining time, Brighton continued to push up the attacking formation with the goal of holding on to 1 point.

Even in the extra minutes, the away team played with one more player when Akanji received a red card for reacting, but they still could not take advantage of the opportunity and accepted a 1-2 loss to Man City.

Results of Premier League matches on October 21

18:30 October 21: Liverpool 2-0 Everton

21:00 October 21: Man City 2-1 Brighton

9:00 p.m. October 21: Newcastle 4-0 Crystal Palace

21:00 October 21: Nottingham Forest 2-2 Luton Town

21:00 October 21: Bournemouth 1-2 Wolves

21:00 October 21: Brentford 3-0 Burnley

23:30 October 21: Chelsea vs Arsenal

02:00 October 22: Sheffield United vs MU

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