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Manchester City recorded their 21st win in a row at home, a new PL record overtaking Manchester United’s record of 20 PL home wins in a row.  City started the game very well by scoring 2 in the opening 20 minutes with goals from Alvarez (7) and Haaland (19).  Man City: Principals of play   Attacking  Intent - every action had intent.  Overload midfield  1 v s Isolation Doku  Quality on the ball Defending Aggressive pressing  No space between lines  Narrow midfield  Allow Brighton no territory One of the main things that was obvious in the first 20 minutes was city’s intent. They had desire and purpose and intent in every single action - passing, shooting, dribbling, tackling, movement.  Pressing  City pressed very aggressively and often only left akanji back to defend as a sweeper with every other play high into the attacking 3rd of the pitch, not allowing Brighton out of their defensive 3rd.  When Brighton had t...

    Name Goals Mac Allister 10 GroB 9 March 7 Mitoma 7 Trossard 7     Name Assists GroB 8 March 7 Estupinan 5 Mitoma 5 Welbeck 3         Alexis Mac Allister was Brighton’s leading scorer in the 22/23 premier league season scoring 10 goals. Pascal GroB managed to score 9 and 3 other players managed to score 7 goals each - March, Mitoma and Trossard. Mac Allister had his best season in front of goal in is career to date, scoring 10 times for Albion last season. He averaged 2.5 shots per game which was the highest of the squad. He was also the most fouled player per 90 for Brighton, drawing 1.6 fouls.   Pascal GroB was Brighton’s most productive player producing 8 assists as well as s...

    Top scorers    Player   Goals  Toney  20 Mbeumo  9 Wissa  7 Jensen  5 Da Silva  4   Top assisters      Mbeumo  8 Jensen  6 Toney  4 Norgaard  3 Wissa  3       Ivan Toney was Brentford’s most productive player this season scoring 20 goals and assisting 4. The striker was Brentford’s main source of goals, scoring twice as many a their second placed score Brian Mbeumo. Toney almost doubled his output from the season before managing 12 goals in the 21/22 season, Brentford’s first in the premier league. Toney was the main set piece taker for  Brentford last season scoring 2 direct free kicks and 6 penalties. Toney had on average 2.8 shots per premier league fixture last season, which was the 9 th  highest in the league.   Bryan Mbeumo was Brentford’s second most productive player, he like Toney had his most productive season in front of goal, scoring...