Update
Good night! Welcome to this Manchester City-Brentford matchday 18 of the Premier League. Match that, let us remember, was postponed on December 23 due to the Club World Cup dispute by the ‘citizen’. A duel that could be experienced a couple of weeks ago at the Community Stadium, where the coin fell on Manchester City’s side (1-3) thanks to a hat-trick by Phil Foden that overturned Neal Maupay’s initial goal.
Despite continuing their impressive unbeaten streak (15) in all competitions, Manchester City comes into the duel against Brentford shaken after the draw (1-1) against Chelsea last Saturday. And, no matter what they do today, Pep’s men will not be able to become leaders and, right now, they do not depend on themselves to win the Premier League. Brentford, for its part, is in a rather delicate situation. After adding another defeat last weekend against Liverpool (1-3), Thomas Frank’s charges are only five points above relegation.
A not very encouraging outlook before visiting a team of the magnitude of Manchester City. However, the Etihad Stadium is a stadium that the ‘Bees’ are good at. Last year, in the match prior to the World Cup in Qatar, Brentford caused a surprise and, thanks to a double from Ivan Toney, took the three points from Manchester. In fact, Toney himself is in great shape since he returned from suspension. He has four goals in the five games he has played since then. The match in which he was left without ‘wetting’ was, precisely, against Manchester City. I find what lies ahead exciting… with many things at stake.
2024-02-20 21:25:36
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