Guardiola dominates against De Zerbi: it ends 4-0 and the English champions remain potentially first
The City dominates the recovery of the Premier League at home Brightonwins 4-0 and moves to -1 from first place Arsenal who however have one game more than the reigning English champions. Guardiola won the match against Roberto De Zerbi by a landslide and closed the proceedings already in the first half with Foden’s brace (26′ and 34′) and De Bruyne’s opening goal (17′). It was Julian Alvarez who dropped the poker in the 62nd minute.
Guardiola delivers a very heavy lesson to De Zerbi: City overwhelms Brighton 4-0, closing the score already in the 34th minute, when the result is 3-0 in favor of the reigning English champions who remain fully in the running for reconfirmation . The balance was already broken in the 17th minute with a header into the top corner by De Bruyne, who collected Walker’s cross and dived to put the guests ahead. Then, between 26′ and 34′, here is another episode of the Phil Foden show: first he doubles the score from a free kick thanks to a deflection that surprises Steele, then he scores the hat-trick by punishing the Seagulls’ mistake from low. Bernardo Silva recovers the ball and favors Foden again, who puts it in the corner to score the brace that closes the game. In the second half, it’s 4-0 and this time City goes on target with three players: Ederson’s throw, Walker punishes De Zerbi’s very high defense by skipping over Barco and drawing Steele towards himself, finally serving Alvarez who is free to score the poker. Once the result has been achieved, Guardiola calls the big names back to be ready for the next away match, the one against Nottingham: Foden, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Rodri and Walker leave, Grealish, Nunes, Doku, Gomez and Lewis enter. The ending is pure academicism for City who win 4-0 and move up to second place: now, with one game less than Arsenal and Liverpool, they are -1 behind the Gunners and +2 over the Reds. Brighton, however, remains at 44 and virtually says goodbye to their remaining Conference hopes.
