Post Match report for the Man City game - Saturday, 21st October 2023
PREMIER LEAGUE 23/24: Manchester City V Brighton - 21/10/23 P9
* * * * * MORE LEAKS AS FLOOD SPILLS OVER FROM BIG STORM * * * * *
RESULT: 2-1 ~ Fati . (h-t 2-0)
VENUE: the Etihad, Manchester - fourth away match of 9 fixtures to date . Sat 3:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: there had been just another seasonal hiatus, prior to resumption of the Prem & UEL games, due to that second international break.
And next Thursday was our sequential hosting of Europe elite - and Brighton fans hoped each meeting would be worth the wait.
WEATHER: autumnal . GATE: tba . KIT: black & green . ATMOSPHERE: away-day free hit
ROBERTO de ZERBI had used down-time to update ongoing situations from merely forecasting outcomes into becoming live reality.
RdZ got to grips with all forms of communication. He would now transfer training drills by selection to be fit for purpose on the pitch.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey 10 Enciso 30 Estupinan
SQUAD: 15 Moder 38 McGill 40 Buonanotte 41 Hinshelwood 43 Samuels
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 23 Steele
. . . . 6 Milner 5 Dunk 3 Julio 7 March
. 24 Adingra 20 Baleba 13 Gross 22 Mitoma
. . . . . . . 9 Pedro . . . . . . 18 Welbeck
SUBS: 28 Ferguson (16), 34 Veltman (45), 31 Fati (66), 11 Gilmour (66), 29 van Hecke (94)
BENCH: 1 Verbruggen (gk) 4 Webster 8 Dahoud 14 Lallana
GOALS:
1-0 - 7 . it is simple play from flank as the home outfit elude weak defending to convert a chance via deflection.
2-0 - 19 . hosts take advantage of sloppy passing at the back as their star striker takes a gilt-edged opportunity.
2-1 - 73 . FATI finishes from a clearance following a move when visitors finally put passes in sequence from back to front.
YELLOWS: March & Julio
CHANGES: 16 Ferguson for Welbeck (injury) . 45 Veltman for Milner
66 Fati & Gilmour for Pedro & Baleba . 94 van Hecke for March (carried off)
FIRST HALF: a poor performance from Seagulls who hardly did a thing right while locals did very little wrong.
SECOND HALF: a tactical alteration past the hour mark to relieve another striker put travellers in with a shout.
Pressure in latter phases got a goal back but further injury re-set the team again with ill effect despite a late red for City.
IN THE END: a seventh straight visit there and still no points to show for various strategies & efforts.
This current Brighton side is a strange mix of creaking old hands and gushing young blood.
Seagulls are a work in progress, playing on a steep learning curve, making many mistakes but gaining vital experience.
NUMBERS: poss 55%-45%, on target 6-3, off target 4-2, corners 2-2,
fouls 9-11, yellows 3-2, red 1-0, subs 3-5, shape 3241-4231 . . . . . gd4 pt16 po7
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