Manchester City vs Brighton 0-1

Brighton left the Etihad Stadium with a 1-0 win after Yasin Ayari struck in the 11th minute, and that early goal settled the match. Manchester City had more of the ball and more of the play on the numbers, but Brighton held the lead from start to finish.

Ayari opened the scoring on 11 minutes from Maxim De Cuyper's assist, and Brighton took a 1-0 lead into half-time. City never found an equaliser before the break, despite pushing to recover the deficit.

After the interval, Brighton picked up a yellow card through De Cuyper on 49 minutes, then made two changes at the back on 64 minutes, sending on Jaouen Hadjam and Mats Wieffer. City responded with Rayan Cherki for Ayyoub Bouaddi on 55 minutes and later made two more changes on 79 minutes, with Nico O'Reilly on for Enzo Fernández and Allan Andrade Elias on for Iliman Ndiaye, while Phil Foden replaced Josko Gvardiol. Brighton then made two more changes on 72 minutes, with Malick Yalcouyé on for De Cuyper and Jack Hinshelwood on for Charalampos Kostoulas, before Georginio Rutter came on for Diego Gomez on 84 minutes. City could not force a leveller, and Brighton protected the one-goal margin to the end.

Manchester City had 62% of the possession and 593 passes to Brighton's 360, with xG of 1.98 to 1.02. City also led corners 7-2, while the sides were level on offsides at 2-2. Brighton committed 13 fouls to City's 9.

Brighton's bookings went to Chema Andrés on 20 minutes, Maxim De Cuyper on 49 minutes and Pascal Groß on 81 minutes. There were no red cards.