GOAL! Man City 2-1 Brentford, @Erling_Haaland! [32’]

@Erling_Haaland has now scored 99 goals in 103 Man City appearances.

@Erling_Haaland has now scored 72 goals in 70 Premier League appearances.

📊 Erling Haaland is the first player in Premier League history to score nine goals in the opening four games of a single season. 🤖

HALF-TIME | In the lead at the break with Haaland on a hat-trick 💪

🩵 2-1 🐝 #ManCity

SECOND HALF | Back under way! ⏱️

Josko Gvardiol and Rodri replace Rico Lewis and Mateo Kovacic.

🩵 2-1 🐝 #ManCity

75. 15 minutes to go.

🩵 2-1 🐝 #ManCity

82. OFF THE POST!!

Haaland denied a 100th City goal by the post and then his second effort is blocked by Collins!

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[81'] SO CLOSE! It's @Erling_Haaland... AGAIN! He's absolutely desperate to get this hat-trick. Mark Flekken has other ideas right now. 2-1.

84. CITY SUBS | Another double change as Dias and Bernardo replace Stones and Grealish 🔄

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FULL-TIME | A win at home! 💪

🩵 2-1 🐝

Ederson vs. Brentford:

1 Assist
51 Touches
30 Accurate Passes
75% Pass Accuracy
6 Accurate Long Balls
5 Saves
5 Recoveries
2 Throws
2 Acted As Sweeper
1 Punch
1 Chance Created

@Erling_Haaland vs. Brentford:

2 Goals
25 Touches
10 Touches In Opposition Box
6 Accurate Passes
55% Pass Accuracy
4 Shots On Target
1 Clearance
1 Hit Woodwork
1 Aerial Duel Won
1 Headed Clearance
1 Pass Into Final Third

Jack Grealish: “I've started three or four games in a row now for Man City and England, and I'm starting to feel like I am getting that sharpness back.”

Pep Guardiola: “The day he came back, he was a little bit down. We tried, everyone here, to take care of each other. When someone has problems, you have to be close to them. Yesterday was much better. His mood was better, and the best way sometimes to forget is do your job.”

Pep Guardiola: “The first-half, I don’t remember in nine years [a team] that played in the way Brentford played in the first 20 or 30 minutes [today], and I give credit to them... It’s an extraordinary team. We suffered from it since they were promoted into the Premier League.”

Pep Guardiola: “It’s so productive for us to win these type of games, in that way. The players, sometimes it can be a warning to them, ‘Oh be careful’, now they felt it. They FELT it. From the first minute until the end, even the staff said, ‘Oh my god how we suffered today’.”

Pep Guardiola on Brentford: "I have a huge list to tell you...

"They are good in high-pressing. They are good in long-balls, second-balls. They defend deep so compact, allowing them to go outside and have spaces inside. The transitions with [Yoane] Wissa and [Bryan] Mbeumo - they are really, really good.

"This season even, when they make high-pressing, last season it was long balls to [Ivan] Toney, this season no. This season they play short passes, they break, they move inside, outside, and after they’re so quick.

"Set-pieces? Every corner is a headache. Every throw-in? In the final third it’s a headache. Every free-kick? Every department and all the things they do, they have a manager behind, it’s a manager.

"Sometimes you see a team and sometimes it’s whatever happens. What they do is always sense. Thomas [Frank] is one of the best!”

Pep Guardiola on Thomas Frank: “It’s a question of time [before he joins a big European club], he will get it. They will get a good manager, and that is going to happen. I’m good in a few things, but reading when a manager is good, I know which one is good.”