Pep Guardiola opened a can of worms in the hours before Manchester City arrived here to the increasing sound of jungle drums, as is his desire and sporadic propensity.
Since Sunday, when a fantastic team—one of the greatest we have ever seen—won its fifth championship in six years, much of the conversation has been on those Premier League accusations for potential financial violations rather than the events on the field, which rightly irritates Guardiola.
That explains why City's management chose to complain about how long it is all taking. The synopsis should give us a hint. He wants a speedy conclusion so he can continue with the football, guilty or not. He whispered, "Let's go, 24 hours," hoping for assurance that his bosses would get away with it. He thought they would.
Unfortunately, the law does not operate that way; in a wasteland of the unknown, enemies are squabbling over fragments of information, including City sympathizers and an army of opponents, which includes boardrooms of numerous competing clubs.
The players afterwards accepted another guard of honor as the team continued to do what they do while the crowd outside the Amex Stadium sang merrily about "three in a row."
Following Guardiola's comments, there were claims that City's legal team had actually slowed everything down and, as the allegations allege, 'obstructed' the investigation. The legal team for City may argue that they did not want to give the league intellectual property that was not totally relevant. But this is only a guess. Everyone is speculating
But last night, nothing on the south coast was left to the imagination. In a game of breathtaking creativity, Brighton showed why they have surprised so many traditionally strong teams this year. Julio Enciso's spectacular equalizer was the result of Roberto De Zerbi's audacious center-half splitting and playing through City. Few people are able to do that.
a warning was given Guardiola would have departed wondering if, in retrospect, this task would have been more difficult than at least one of the impending finals. There is history to be made, and the person in the other technical field is also making some of his own.
Since taking over at Brighton, it has been clear why De Zerbi is emerging as one of the top managers in the continent; he has secured European football while doing so with a fun and contagious style of play.
To discombobulate the league champions early on, the Italian instructed Jan Paul van Hecke, who was making just his third league start against Erling Haaland, to rampage between center back and midfield. Similar to Levi Colwill, the opposition rarely attacks City with such vigor.
Guardiola's team is well-prepared to disrupt De Zerbi's desire to disrupt his rhythm. While Brighton was having a good time, the city was attempting to calm things down. In fact, it was so slow that Guardiola chastised Ilkay Gundogan and demanded
As the Seagulls flew into obstacles and mistreated their guests, the captain needed to up his game.
Danny Welbeck found Phil Foden obstructing him when clear through earlier and afterwards clattered the bar from a 25-yard freekick that Gundogan conceded. During possession, a continuous press rattled Ederson's replacement goalkeeper Stefan Ortega, and Kaoru Mitoma had a goal disallowed for handball after a corner. a rugby TMO would have determined that Mitoma planted the ball before the try-line
Foden had City ahead before that after 25 minutes. When Haaland reached the destination early in the morning after missing a relative's sitter, he ran across Jason Steele. However, just as he was about to blow another opportunity, the Norwegian prodded to Foden, causing him to stumble past a helpless Van Hecke. With a single pass from Riyad Mahrez, City had exposed Brighton's high line.
The superior side for long spells was Albion, though, and the roving Facundo Buonanotte thought he was getting past Ortega only for Enciso to complete that specific task six minutes before halftime. Enciso took possession from 30 yards out and, as the ball hit the net, City supporters behind Ortega began to applaud.
John Stones made a short backpedal and hit from outside to inside with a mesmerizing fade.
Welbeck also put the ball in the net, but he was found to be just a little bit offside. Guardiola was the one calling for a slowdown at this point. After a few seconds, Foden moved over from six yards away; it was that kind of night. One Brighton supporter shouted "bellissimo, bellissimo" as they headed up for a beer.
An accurate depiction of a gripping game that saw City leave a number of first-team players at home, start a midfielder at the back, and appear to have very worn-out limbs. To be fair, the title party on Sunday at Mnky Hse ran late. De Zerbi was interested in this and introduced Alexis Mac Allister and Evan Ferguson for motivation following halftime.
Before leaving, say good-bye to these home supporters.
With 14 seconds left, Pervis Estupinan lined one up, and the Amex believed it was it, only for him to whistle inches by the post. So close that Guardiola, who was on his knees, gave the opposition bench a wicked look. But there was no grinning when Colwill's shirt was pulled and Haaland's winner was disqualified.
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