Premier League: Man. City Rekindle Title Hope After Defeating Brentford

 

Manchester City have rekindled title race hope after coming from behind to defeat Brentford by 3-1 at home with a hat-trick from Phil Foden. 

Brentford took a stunning lead from the first half from goalkeeper Fekken's deep cross that Neal Maupay latched onto and finished off. City came back into the game in the added minutes of the stoppages as Foden rattled into the box and smacked a loose ball home from close range. 

Foden put City ahead early into the second half, nodding home Kevin de Bruyne's cross. He comepleted his hat-trick as erling Haaland set him off and darted through the Bees defence before guiding the ball home.

City have moved up to second in the standings with 49 points and closed in on Liverpool's lead of the EPLas the Premier League title race is thrown open. 

 Quick Overview 

City responded adequately to the challenge from Brentford and Foden rose to the occasion to lead the comeback for the side. However, that was not to mention that Brentford were somewhat resilient for much of the first half and did well to keep City out of their box until a poor defensive header gave away the equaliser to Foden. 

Haaland forced a couple of saves from Fekken and could not find pockets of chances to get a goal. At least, a bit of credit to the hosts for that early lead and efforts made to come back into the game but City gradually stemmed down the tide and dominated the rest of game after the interval. could not find pockets of chances to get a goal