A thrilling 1-1 draw ensured Brighton's place in the Europa League for the following campaign and broke Manchester City's 12-game Premier League winning streak.
Seven minutes before halftime, the 19-year-old Paraguayan attacker scored a tremendous, twisting goal into the top right corner of the goal from 25 yards to mathematically secure Albion's sixth-place finish.
With his seventh goal in as many starts against the Seagulls at Amex Stadium, Phil Foden gave the freshly crowned champions the lead.
Erling Haaland's 79th-minute header was disallowed due to VAR identifying a shirt pull on Levi Colwill, but Pep Guardiola watched his formidable side lose points for the first time since February 18 despite bringing back a host of prominent players.
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In his locker, Enciso keeps a screamer.
Julio Enciso's eyes brightened up at the expansive territory outside Manchester City's area after 38 minutes.
The outcome was a shot that arrowed into the top right corner. He obviously has a firearm in his locker.
Consider his similar screamer against Chelsea in April, which helped his team win 2-1.
Stars of City who were hurt: a mystery
Before the game, Pep Guardiola stated that "many players got injured—four, five players." Aymeric Laporte, Jack Grealish, and Manuel Akanji were among those who went missing.
How had they been hurt, one had to wonder? During the pitch invasion on Sunday, while out drinking or dancing?
At least Erling Haaland made the cut, which is a plus. He must have paid a hefty premium for those silky, sky-blue pajamas he wore Sunday night.
The host team was displayed on the TVs prior to the game playing at their ruthless best on their way to qualifying for European football for the first time.
Of course, the victories over Arsenal and Southampton were also counted.
the 4-1 and 5-1 losses to Newcastle and Everton, respectively? nowhere to be found.
Dunk receives a night off.
Lewis Dunk was left out of Brighton's starting XI for the first time in the league since February 2018 after receiving his first England call-up since November 2018.
Although the center defender sat on Brighton's bench last night, he will be a candidate for next month's Euro 2024 qualifiers.
A well-deserved vacation from marking City's rogue Haaland is in order; Dunk has experienced worse.
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