Straight
Big surprise in the Premier League before the World Cup break.
Manchester City was surprised this Saturday by Brentford and fell (1-2) at the Etihad Stadium.
With this puncture, Guardiola's team is left with no options to beat Mikel Arteta's Arsenal this day, so the
Gunners
will continue to be leaders no matter what happens in their game tonight against Julen Lopetegui's Wolverhampton (8:45 p.m. DAZN).
MNCM.
City
1
Ederson Moraes, Laporte, Manuel Akanji, John Stones, Cancelo (Julián Álvarez, min. 86), Rodrigo, Gündogan, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Foden and Erling Braut Haaland
BRE Brentford
two
David Raya, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee, Zanka, Mathias Jensen, Rico Henry, Mads Roerslev, Frank Ogochukwu Onyeka (Josh Da Silva, min. 86), Vitaly Janelt (Christian Nørgaard, min. 62), Ivan Toney and Bryan Mbeumo ( Yoane Wissa, minute 73)
Goals
0-1 min.
16: Ivan Toney.
1-1 min.
46: Foden.
1-2 minutes
97: Ivan Toney.
Referee
Peter Bankes
Yellow cards Erling Braut Haaland (min. 37), Bryan Mbeumo (min. 71), Cancelo (min. 84) and Mathias Jensen (min. 91)
Brentford, with the Spanish David Raya in goal, took the lead thanks to a goal from Ivan Toney in the 16th minute. The English striker, who has been left out of Southgate's list for the World Cup, vindicated himself in this encounter.
Not even top scorer Haaland could fix the afternoon this time.
The
cityzens
fired 29 times, but they weren't as accurate as usual in finishing, as only six of those shots were on target.
Despite this, Phil Foden, who will be in Qatar with England, equalized Kevin De Bruyne's cross in first-half stoppage time.
In the second half, City went on the attack in search of the winning goal, but failed to find the prize.
When the game seemed doomed to draw, a spectacular counterattack finished again by Ivan Toney left Guardiola's men frozen and gave Brentford the victory in the 98th minute of the game.
Second loss of the season in the league for City, which remains second in the table with 32 points.
Arsenal is the leader with two more points and one game in hand, so if they win tonight against Wolverhampton they would go into the World Cup break with a five-point advantage over the current champion.
For its part, Brentford remains in the quiet area of the table in its second consecutive season in the Premier.
The West London team is 10th with 19 points.
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