(Video) Furious Erling Haaland involved in heated bust up with Brighton Player after 2:1 loss🤬
As Brighton struck twice in five minutes late on to upset the champions 2-1 – and inflict a fourth consecutive loss for just the second time in Pep Guardiola’s career – Manchester City’s glitch became a catastrophe.
Having three consecutive losses to Bournemouth, Tottenham, and Sporting, City entered the game on the heels of three consecutive losses; yet, their problems seemed to be improving as the champions lead with twelve minutes to go through Erling Haaland’s first-half goal.
Not only costing City points in the title race, but also taking Fabian Hurzeler’s side into the top four, for a few hours at least. Recently injured duo Joao Pedro and Matt O’Riley – the latter on his delayed Premier League debut after an ankle issue stuttered his summer move from Celtic – stepped off the bench to send the Amx Stadium into raptures.
City pulled off the throttle following the 30th minute, allowing Brighton back into the game after dominating the early stages and leading when Haaland surged through and poked past Bart Verbruggen at the second attempt.
