Manchester City have lost two consecutive league games but no alarm should be sounded. Enzo Maresca’s fast-passing unit were defeated on Saturday because Yasin Ayari took one of Brighton’s rare chances, the 11th-minute winner deriving from what appeared a wrongly awarded free-kick for Elliot Anderson’s “foul” on the same player.
Fabian Hürzeler’s team can be proud of victory here – and of being third. They are worth the lofty position and who would bet against Champions League qualification for them?
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