Brighton overturned Manchester City 2-1 after Erling Haaland opened the scoring for City in the first half. City could not extend their lead despite further chances, and James Milner equalised from the penalty spot in the 67th minute following Matheus Nunes' handball. Brighton pressed after the equaliser, creating several chances and forcing saves from James Trafford. Brajan Gruda exploited defensive frailty to score a late winner in the 89th minute. The result dealt Manchester City an early blow in their title bid and completed a dramatic Seagulls comeback.
City appeared poised to bounce back from their 2-0 home loss to Tottenham last Saturday after Erling Haaland capped his 100th Premier League appearance with his 88th goal in the division. However, City failed to put the game to bed, and James Milner's penalty restored parity in the 67th minute. Brighton were not content with a point, though, and Brajan Gruda capitalised on more defensive frailty from City as he secured the points in the 89th minute,
Haaland wasted an early opportunity when he shot straight at Bart Verbruggen and then dragged wide from the edge of the box, those chances coming either side of Kaoru Mitoma forcing James Trafford to turn behind at the other end. Verbruggen was equal to Haaland's far-post header in the 25th minute, but there was nothing he could do nine minutes later as the Norwegian prodded in from close range after Omar Marmoush had worked his way through a crowd in the Brighton box.
That let-off seemed to fuel the Seagulls and, after Yankuba Minteh was denied by a strong save from Trafford following a quick Brighton counter, they were handed a route back into the game from the penalty spot. Matheus Nunes was ruled to have handled Lewis Dunk's volley at the far post, and former City midfielder Milner stepped up and sent Trafford the wrong way with a cool penalty into the bottom-left corner. Brighton then continued in the ascendancy.
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