Match Report & Player Ratings: Manchester City 3-0 Brentford (Premier League)
Match Report & Player Ratings: Manchester City 3-0 Brentford (Premier League) Manchester City closed the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal with a 3-0 win over Brentford at the City in the Community Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening. The Blues made two changes to the starting XI as Tijjani Reijnders and Nathan Ake came in for Nico Gonzalez and Abdukodir Khusanov, the latter being unfit and missing the matchday squad. Josko Gvardiol and Rodri remained absent for City but Ruben Dias was back amongst the substitutes as the Blues looked to return to winning ways after slipping up against Everton earlier this week.
Brentford, who are chasing European football for next season, posed a difficult challenge for City in the first-half, keeping the hosts at bay and threatening to take a lead on the break. Guardiola threw on attackers Phil Foden and Omar Marmoush to influence proceedings early in the second-half, with Jeremy Doku maintaining his fine run of form with a stunning opener curled into the top right corner on the hour mark. Goal difference can decide a finely-contested title race and Erling Haaland doubled his side’s lead with 15 minutes left on the clock before teeing in Marmoush in cap off a sumptuous team move on the counter late on.
City will be hoping that West Ham can hand them a favour against Arsenal at the London Stadium on Sunday as Guardiola’s side hope for a Gunners slip-up in the final weeks of the season. Here’s how we rated the Manchester City players from a crucial 3-0 win over Brentford! This is a developing story.
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