Post Match report for the Man City game - Saturday, 22nd October 2022
PREMIER LEAGUE 22/23: Manchester City V Brighton - 22/10/22 P11.
* * * * * PLENTY OF PUFF BUT NO CIGAR * * * * *
RESULT: 3-1 ~ Trossard . (h-t 2-0)
VENUE: the Etihad, Manchester - sixth away match of 11 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: during a very busy month visitors returned to the northwest more in hope than expectation.
But never say never just because we had not gotten a single point there over our Prem odyssey.
WEATHER: mild afternoon . . . GATE: 53,223 . . . KIT: crimson . . . PITCH: verdant carpet
ROBERTO de ZERBI is on voyages of discovery, charting unexplored waters but making sure lifelines are firmly fixed.
RdZ took soundings & readings, made calculations and consulted basic safety-first notes prior to producing a team-sheet.
INJURED: 22 Mitoma . REHAB: 15 Moder . RETIRED: 8 Mwepu.
STARTING SHAPE: 3-4-2-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Sanchez
. . . . . . 34 Veltman 5 Dunk 4 Webster
. 7 March 10 Mac Allister 25 Caicedo 14 Lallana
. . . 13 Gross . . . 18 Welbeck . . . 11 Trossard
SUBS: 2 Lamptey (45), 30 Estupinan (66), 21 Undav (79), 19 Sarmiento (87), 27 Gilmour (87)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 6 Colwill 20 Enciso 29 van Hecke
SQUAD: 28 Ferguson.
GOALS: 1-0 - 22 . accurate passing and strong play from hosts point-man results in Sanchez being beaten too easily.
2-0 - 43 . Ref goes to the monitor and then points to the spot. The ball beats Sanchez a second time.
2-1 - 53 . TROSSARD fires from edge of the area to inside the near post following good work by March.
3-1 - 75 . the game is up when the home outfit produce a piece of football that marks them as a talented side.
YELLOWS: 26 Caicedo . 62 Gross . 75 Estupinan
INCIDENTS: 11 Welbeck miss, 20 home VAR check, 32 Dunk clears, 33 hosts miss, 35 Trossard try, 37 Welbeck header, 39 home VAR check, 40 March miss, 45+ Trossard effort,
53 Sanchez saves, 57 Trossard header, 58 hosts try, 62 hosts effort, 67 Mac A try, 73 Trossard dig, 85 March pop, 87 Estupinan try,
CHANGES: 45 Lamptey for Lallana . 66 Estupinan for Veltman . 79 Undav for Welbeck
87 Sarmiento for Gross & Gilmour for Mac Allister
FIRST HALF: travellers opened with a man-marking game-plan thru centre of the pitch to stifle champions freedom.
This tactic was circumvented when locals hero used nous to get them the lead.
The rest up to the break was predictable.
SECOND HALF: a concerted rally from visitors got them back into the match by reducing the arrears prior to the hour mark.
It was all over bar the shouting from three quarters thru and the final goal indicated match winning levels.
IN THE END: a good performance from Seagulls in a contest disjointed by VAR intervention and below par refereeing.
WHAT IT MEANS: Albion continue to drop points as the learning curve of the head coach steepens with each fixture.
NUMBERS: poss 48%-52%, on target 4-2, off target 6-6, corners 7-3,
fouls 11-12, yellows 1-3, subs 3-5, shape 433-3421 . . . . . gd1 pt15 po8
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