Erling Haaland broke a poor run of form by his standards, ending a goal drought that was into its fourth game. He fired in a penalty after Jeremy Doku was brought down by Diego Gomez, with referee Thomas Bramall giving the decision after being called to the monitor by VAR.

It has been a whirlwind week for Max Alleyne. After Josko Gvardiol and Ruben Dias went down injured, Manchester City recalled the young centre-back from his loan spell at Watford. From there, Alleyne

Man City predicted lineup vs. Brighton (4-2-3-1): Donnarumma; Nunes, Khusanov, Aké, O’Reilly; González, Reijnders; Cherki, Foden, Doku; Haaland.

Manchester City hosts Brighton today at a critical moment of the season. After two consecutive draws against Sunderland and Chelsea, the gap with the leader Arsenal has widened to six points. Pep Guardiola's team needs to get back to winning ways to avoid prematurely exiting the Premier League title race.

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City's bench reacted furiously as referee Thomas Bramall signalled play on with substitute Rodri at the forefront of complaints. Manager Pep Guardiola was booked for his reaction and arguing with opposite number Fabian Hurzeler.

Manchester City drew 1-1 with Brighton in the Premier League on Wednesday to surrender more momentum in the title race

Follow build-up, team-news, live text and score updates from the third round of the FA Cup including Derby County v Leeds United, Portsmouth v Arsenal, Norwich City v Walsall, Hull City v Blackburn Rovers,