EPL: What Arsenal Can Do, City Can—- Citizens Hammer Brighton 4-0 To Close Gap On Arsenal

Manchester City made light work of Brighton beating the seagulls 4-0 at the Amex stadium to move to within one point of Premier League leaders Arsenal even with a game in hand


Before the game City manager had told his players to take the game seriously abd they did just so as City romped into a three-goal lead, moving ahead of Liverpool into second place and closing in on Arsenal.

Kevin de Bruyne’s first header in his 68 Premier League goals, a magnificent flying effort into the top corner, set City on their way before Phil Foden controversially doubled the advantage nine minutes layer.

Referee Jarred Gillett awarded City a free-kick despite Foden only appearing to slip, Brighton seeing insult added to injury as his resulting set-piece strike took a deflection off Pascal Gross to wrong-foot keeper Jason Steele.

Any hope of a Brighton comeback was extinguished after 34 minutes by a smooth Foden finish into the bottom corner, after the Seagulls had been caught in possession trying to play out from the back.

It was then simply a case of damage limitation for Roberto de Zerbi’s side but City extended their lead just after the hour when the ball ran away from Steele as he went into a challenge with Kyle Walker and Julian Alvarez was on hand to pounce.


Manchester City are at it again, reaching peak form just when it matters to turn up the pressure on pace-setters Arsenal as the title race reaches the final few games.


Liverpool’s recent decline continued as they were beaten by Everton in the Merseyside derby but Arsenal are not going away, with a win at Wolverhampton Wanderers followed by the 5-0 thrashing of Chelsea at Emirates Stadium.

Brighton were chasing European football in thrilling style at this stage last season under De Zerbi – a mission they accomplished successfully.

Here, depleted by injuries, they were jaded and lacking inspiration as their campaign continues to look like it will end in anti-climax.

Brighton lost key midfield duo Moises Caicedo and Alexis Mac Allister last summer and De Zerbi’s hopes of another European challenge have been further undermined by injuries, despite some sparkling performances this term.