Without a doubt, something has changed at Manchester City in the two years since the acute, to such an extent that players and followers are asking that this season end.
Nine games to go, finish misery. No Pep Guardiola team has admitted this number of goals in a Premier League season after the two in Brighton's form brought the count to 40. Opponents take advantage of vulnerabilities; The attackers cannot execute final balls with sufficient regularity.
But more than that is this strange inertia that extends around the Etihad stadium. A stadium with empty seats in almost every block 24 hours before what was a massive game in the search for the qualification of the Champions League. Some went for £ 70.
It is not just a price fixation problem and it is not just a fans' apathy problem, but there are forces that work with each other to make afternoons such as this test. The Etihad was flat during most of the day, briefly encouraging some places, when the city needed something guttural behind them. Likewise, the crowd needs something to support.
Another shoulder shrink from a result, one that could have been better yet, could have been much worse, with City still in the fifth: the upper table of Europe still within reach. It is worth noting that several main clubs have fallen much more when they fight, but this lacks purpose.
Abdukodir Khusanov (Center) of Man City scored his own goal to help Brighton win a 2-2 draw
Erling Haaland opened the scoring for the city by converting a penalty in the 11th minute
Omar Marmoush also found the network for the city, shooting home from outside the box in the first half
Things started well enough. Erling Haaland made more history by sending Bart Verbruggen in the wrong way in the 11th minute, becoming the fastest man of 100 goals and assists of the Premier League. He has reached that milestone in 94 games, six less than Alan Shearer, and had to wait two full minutes between Simon Hooper blowing for Adam Webster cutting Savinho. Ruben Dias held the ball for Haaland, protecting the place of Brighton's players.
However, City could not protect its leadership, which lasted only 10 minutes. Nico González had committed a foul to about 25 yards of the goal, they stupine sending the free kick towards the right publication of Stefan Ortega. Ortega pointed out with his left foot and then assumed that the effort was extended, wandering out, just to find that they chain the frame and inside.
Again, the only way Guardiola observes his team to grant goals these days. Most of them avoidable, the advantages thrown aside. Kaoru Mitoma had previously seen a goal not allowed to fail to comply with Ortega at the end of a windy and easy movement, derived from Savinho's refusal to follow Omar Marmoush's pressure in the third third of the visitors.
Marmoush played as someone angry with his surroundings, fed up with those around him, an attitude of him himself. The blow, kissing the post, to give City another leadership six minutes before the rest spoke to that. Like the starter, González's pressure in the midfield proved to be key, Ilkay Gundagan to the Egyptian, which was put without looking back. He tried semi-addictively coatseed the crowd in celebration.
Savinho had rejected two gold possibilities at this point, with more questioning signs around his final product, and a dripping wild dripped with a touch of sadness. Yanbuka Minteh and Joao Pedro wasted decent opportunities that were presented to defend tired. Josko Gvardiol really played Pedro for the second.
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The Pep Guardiola city administrator seemed exasperated sometimes while his team struggled to find the best way
Brighton is still just a point behind the city in the Premier League, with nine remaining games
Fabian Hurzeler, in animated disagreement with Guardiola in the Touch line, made Brighton drill perfectly to exploit the city's deficiencies, but had seen them give up too many opportunities too. The way in which the young German laid and pointed out suggested that he knew that the points were there to grab and three minutes in the second half were level again.
Level again after the hospitality of their hosts. Abdukodir Khusanov went slowly when leaving a corner, which means that Adam Webster's heading towards the danger saw Jack Hint Hinshelwood spin to shoot, agreeing to Ortega Uzbeka and incorrect standing. He approached with the same sadness, the same slow movement tragedy as much of this season.
González's heading came to a publication, the city still creates enough, before the threat of the other way almost hit them. Hinshelwood crashed into the side network when he should have square before the moment Brighton had the game in his hands.
Carlos Baleba, someone who has explored, ran 70 field yards up to keep up with a counterattack. I ran to the center of Pedro perfectly. Ortega's goal separated and the shot shot.