Pep Guardiola's team turned out to be weaker than "Brighton".
"Manchester City" suffered an away defeat to "Brighton" in the match of the "11th round" of the English Premier League (EPL)" of the 2024/25 season. The match ended with a score of 2:1.
The Citizens took the lead in the 23rd minute – a goal was scored by the star Norwegian forward Erling Haaland.
However, the Seagulls made a comeback in the second half. In the 78th minute, Joao Pedro equalized the score, and five minutes later Matt O'Reilly scored the winning goal.
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For Josep Guardiola's team, this is the fourth defeat in a row in all competitions. Earlier, the “sky-blues” flew from Tottenham (1:2) in the English League Cup, lost to Bournemouth (1:2) in the Premier League and lost to Sporting (1:4) in the Champions League.
Thus, Manchester City did not take advantage of the opportunity to regain the lead in the Premier League. The current champion of England with 23 points remains in second place and is two points behind the leader Liverpool, who have a match in hand. Brighton (19 points) moved up to fourth place.
In the next round of the English championship, which will take place after the international break, Manchester City will host Tottenham on November 23, and Brighton will play away to Bournemouth, the home of Ukrainian defender Ilya Zabarnyi, on the same day.