Brighton Dealt Man City Shocking Defeat At Amex Stadium

Manchester City suffered a shocking defeat to Brighton, who came from behind to rout their opponents by 2-1 at Amex Stadium. 

City dominated the early exchanges, monopolising the ball, carving out chances, and eventually broke through in the 33rd minute. Oscar Bobb inspired the build-up, and Marmoush cleverly poked the ball through two defenders to Haaland, who latched onto the loose ball and finished it off. 

Brighton restored level terms minutes after the hour from Nunez's handball, giving away a penalty to the Seagulls. James Milner converted the spot-kick. Near the stoppages, Rutter's poor tackle of an aerial ball and let off the ball to Mitoma, who latched on to set Brajan Gruda, who broke through the defence and scored the winner for the Seagulls. 

Erling Haaland reached another absurd milestone of 88 goals in his first 100 Premier League games, but the real story at the Amex Stadium was unfolding on the touchline.

City have now lost two of the last three Premier League games, which will be their first since the 2004/2005 season. Brighton, for the third time in five encounters with City at Amex Stadium, have won in a comeback. 

Overview 

Brighton maintained a strong outlook in the midfield to keep their visitors at bay. Though the Citizens found a crucial moment to get ahead, they recovered the deficit to level terms. However, Brighton were not blunt enough to squeeze something out of fast breaks like City would have given the chance. 

With his team trailing, Brighton manager Fabian Hürzeler rolled the dice with a quadruple substitution on the hour mark. And just like that, everything changed. The Seagulls tore up the script and came from behind to beat Manchester for the second time in a row on home soil.

The build-up to the winner was well-taken, and City's defense was found culpable, while they committed themselves to attacking. Gruda maintained his composure, rounding two defenders and Trafford before finishing off Mitoma's assist following a break from the left wing. It was plausible and a deserved victory for Brighton.