Manchester City hit in Brighton, nice tifo of the supporters for the supporter attacked after the match in Bruges
AFP
After winning 1-5 at Club Brugge in the Champions League, Manchester City have a second away victory in a few days in the ninth round of the Premier League.
The Mancuniens, with Kevin De Bruyne on the bench for part of the meeting, easily won 1-4 on the lawn of Leandro Trossard’s Brighton. The match was marked by the pretty tifo deployed, on the outside therefore, by City supporters in honor of Guido, the Belgian supporter of the English club violently attacked after Tuesday night’s match.
Left to rest, Kevin De Bruyne assisted from the bench to part of his team’s demonstration on the Brighton pitch, fourth before the start of the match. The former Genk player entered the game 13 minutes from time in place of Jack Grealish. Unlike his team-mate in the national team, Leandro Trossard was present at the kick-off, but could not do anything against the control of the men of Pep Guardiola who ensured their victory in the first half thanks to Ilkay Gundogan (13th ) and Phil Foden twice (28th and 31st).
Alexis Mac Allister (81st) closed the gap, Riyad Mahrez set the score at 1-4 (90th + 5).
In the standings, Manchester City with 20 points seizes second place and comes back to two units of Chelsea. For its part, Brighton remains stuck in fourth place with 15 units.
Bundesliga
Meanwhile, in Germany, Dedryck Boyata and Hertha Berlin won 1-0 at home against Mönchengladbach. The defender, captain of the Berliners, played the entire meeting.
Thanks to this victory, Hertha Berlin climbed to tenth place in the standings with twelve points.