Ayari on target as Brighton stun Manchester City to close gap on leaders
What happened
Brighton beat Manchester City 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, with Yasin Ayari scoring the only goal in the 11th minute.
It is City's second straight league defeat, after a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa last week.
The goal came after a free-kick given against Elliot Anderson, which the Guardian described as seemingly wrongly awarded; Lewis Dunk's set piece went to Diego Gómez, whose cross Matheus Nunes failed to clear.
City kept attacking, but Iliman Ndiaye headed wide and shot into goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen's gloves during a slalom run, while Erling Haaland, Josko Gvardiol and Enzo Fernández also missed chances.
City stay top on goal difference with 21 points, level with Arsenal, while Brighton are third with 19, ahead of Chelsea on 16, according to El Nacional.
Manager Enzo Maresca said City created enough chances to take points but did not score, as quoted by AFP.
“Unfortunately we created enough chances to pick up points, but we did not score.”
El Nacional · translated
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- 2026-10-31 16:59 UTCGuardian · theguardian.com ↗
- 2026-10-31 17:32 UTCAl Jazeera · aljazeera.com ↗
- 2026-10-31 18:44 UTCTimesLIVE via Reuters · timeslive.co.za ↗
- 2026-10-31 19:50 UTCEl Nacional · elnacional.com ↗
- 2026-10-31 22:30 UTCBBC · bbc.co.uk ↗
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