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Pep Guardiola has made three tweaks to the City side that drew with Chelsea on Saturday, inserting John Stones, Bernardo Silva and Oscar Bobb in place of Kevin De Bruyne, Nathan Ake and Jeremy Doku. Thomas Frank also makes three change to his team following Saturdayâs defeat to Liverpool: Yoane Wissa, Mathias Jorgensen and Frank Onyeka are in, while Neal Maupay, Nathan Collins and Mathias Jensen drop to the bench.
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Manchester City
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XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Stones, Akanji, Rodri, Bobb, Foden, Alvarez, Bernardo Silva, Haaland
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Subs: Ortega, Carson, Ake, Kovacic, Doku, De Bruyne, Gomez, Nunes, Lewis
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Brentford
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XI: Flekken, Onyeka, Ajer, Mee, Roerslev, Jorgensen, Norgaard, Janelt, Reguilon, Toney, Wissa
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Subs: Strakosha, Maupay, Jensen, Ghoddos, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Damsgaard, Baptiste, Yarmoliuk
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Good evening. Welcome to coverage of the rescheduled Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium, where the defending champions will hope to recover from their minor stumble against Chelsea at the weekend to move above Arsenal to within one point of leaders Liverpool, who host Luton tomorrow. Bryan will be here with full coverage shortly but in the meantime Pep Guardiola felt like he had some apologising to do before this eveningâs match. Read all about it here.
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And Jonathan Wilson analysed Manchester Cityâs 1-1 draw with Chelsea and came to the conclusion that it highlighted a glaring weakness in Pep Guardiolaâs team.
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important events
9 minutes: Silva fed Haaland with the ball inside the area, and Haaland’s header went over the crossbar. In the first nine minutes, City had one chance after another.
6 minutes: City’s bright start continues. Frecken drives a clearance directly to Foden, but Foden’s shot is blocked. Brentford struggled to win the ball out of their own half early on.
3 minutes: After City had possession for the first few minutes, Haaland fired a shot from about 20 yards that was easily saved by Frekken. Interestingly, the Norwegian star has scored against all but one of the 21 teams he has played against in his career. that? Brentford.
Manchester City vs Brentford decided…
1 minute: And we’re off. City wore blue shirts and white shorts and took things from left to right, while Brentford wore their traditional away strip.
The team came out of the tunnel. Hey Jude blared over the stadium’s PA and fireworks exploded from the touchline. It’s not that long anymore.
Man City manager Josep Guardiola said: “This is our chance to move up to second place, one point ahead of Arsenal, and get closer to Liverpool.” “The reality is that we haven’t lost a game since losing to Aston Villa and the draws were better.
“In the games we won, we also got better. I don’t know if we can win the Premier League. We are not satisfied with the result. [against Chelsea] But it’s part of the game and you have to give Chelsea credit.
“We have to continue to improve and stay focused to compete for the title.”
Tonight’s match has been rescheduled due to Manchester City’s participation in the Club World Cup. (They won.) This marks the second meeting between the two sides in 15 days. City had little trouble in the first game, easily getting past Brentford thanks to a hat-trick from Phil Foden at G Tech.
“We conceded three goals.” [on 5 February against City] But I actually thought we defended well,” Brentford manager Thomas Frank said. “Teams playing against City need to defend well.”
He added: “We must learn the lessons from these three goals tonight and do our best to avoid similar situations.” We’re confident we can keep them relatively quiet, but we know that City could suddenly explode and have five at the back. ”
Dear team!
Manager Josep Guardiola made three adjustments to the City squad that drew with Chelsea on Saturday, bringing on John Stones, Bernardo Silva and Oscar Bobb for Kevin De Bruyne, Nathan Ake and Jeremy Doku. . Thomas Frank also made three changes to his squad following Saturday’s defeat to Liverpool. Ioan Wissa, Matthias Jorgensen and Frank Onyeka are included in the squad, while Neal Maupay, Nathan Collins and Matthias Jensen are on the bench.
city of manchester
11: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Stones, Akanji, Rodri, Bob, Foden, Alvarez, Bernardo Silva, Haaland
sub: Ortega, Carson, Ake, Kovacic, Doku, De Bruyne, Gomez, Nunez, Ruiz.
brentford
11: Frecken, Onyeka, Ajer, Mee, Rooslev, Jorgensen, Norgaard, Janert, Reguilon, Toni, Wissa.
sub: Strakosha, Maupay, Jensen, Godos, Collins, Lewis Potter, Damsgaard, Baptiste, Yarmoliuk.
Hello. We look forward to welcoming you to Etihad Airways for tonight’s Premier League match between Manchester City and Brentford. After dropping points at home to Chelsea on Saturday, the hosts are currently third in the table, 53 points behind Liverpool (57) and Arsenal (55), with one game in hand. A win today would go a long way in keeping the pressure on the leaders.
The Bees, who are 14th on 25 points, lost 4-1 at home to Liverpool, with Ivan Toney’s only goal coming from Darwin Nanes, Alexis Mac Allister, Codi Gakpo and Mo Salah. canceled out. Returning from injury.
The team sheet will be readily available and will be handed to you directly.
preamble
Good evening. Welcome to our coverage of the rescheduled Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium. The defending champions will be hoping to bounce back from a minor setback against Chelsea at the weekend to surpass Arsenal and move to within one point of leaders Liverpool, who host Luton tomorrow. Brian will be here shortly for full coverage, but in the meantime Pep Guardiola apparently felt he had to apologize before tonight’s game. Learn more about.
And Jonathan Wilson analyzed the 1-1 draw between Manchester City and Chelsea and came to the conclusion that it highlighted a glaring weakness in Pep Guardiola’s side.
