Brentford vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Phil Foden hat-trick completes comeback win

Brentford 1-3 Manchester City: Pep Guardiola’s men move to within two points of Liverpool

Toney an exceptional player - Guardiola

Manchester City came from behind to end their recent hoodoo against Brentford with a comfortable 3-1 victory at the Gtech Community Stadium. The Bees, who won both of their clashes against City last season, started well attacking with pace and threatening Ederson’s goal.

At the other end of the pitch, they were aided by the unbeatable Mark Flekken. The goalkeeper made nine saves in the first half before pumping a long ball forward and suppling the assist for the opening goal. Ivan Toney held off his marker to allow the ball to bounce through to Neal Maupay. Maupay collected and slotted home a fine finish.

Going behind spurred City on, Phil Foden brought down Ethan Pinnock’s poor clearance to equalise on the stroke of half-time before meeting a perfect cross from Kevin De Bruyne and nodding City ahead just after the break.

He completed his hat-trick after a slick assist from Erling Haaland and the third goal ensured City were in no danger of losing their lead.

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Brentford vs Man City LIVE

• Phil Foden’s perfect hat-trick shows why Man City are about to ease clear in the title race
• Manchester City come from behind to defeat Brentford in the Premier League
• 70’ GOAL! - Foden completes his hat-trick (BRE 1-3 MCI)
• 53’ GOAL! - Foden meets De Bruyne’s cross and nods home (BRE 1-2 MCI)
• 45+3’ GOAL! - Foden takes advantage of Pinnock’s mistake to tap home the equaliser (BRE 1-1 MCI)
• 23’ SAVE! - Flekken deflects Haaland’s shot (BRE 1-0 MCI)
• 21’ GOAL! - A long ball gets Maupay in behind for a cool finish past Ederson (BRE 1-0 MCI)
• 15’ CLOSE! - Walker’s long range effort palmed wide by Flekken (BRE 0-0 MCI)

[5 February 2024 21:50 · Mike Jones]

Brentford 1-3 Man City

90 mins: Five minutes off added time to play at the end of this match. Jeremy Doku is brought down over on the right wing and City have a free kick.

It’s taken short with the visitors content to maintain possession.

[5 February 2024 21:47 · Mike Jones]

Brentford 1-3 Man City

87 mins: Erling Haaland’s night is over and he’s given a good round of applause from the travelling fans. Mateo Kovacic comes on to replace him for the final few minutes.

[5 February 2024 21:44 · Mike Jones]

Brentford 1-3 Man City

84 mins: Haaland is searching for a goal. A long throw in from Gvardiol picks him out inside the box. He swivels and pulls the ball back but Mee is there to clear.

The loose ball comes to Alvarez who gets off a shot but misses the target.

[5 February 2024 21:40 · Mike Jones]

Brentford 1-3 Man City

81 mins: Into the last 10 minutes of so of this one. Manchester City have a comfortable lead but Brentford have some fresh legs on the pitch and are putting a bit of pressure on the City defence.

Ederson comes out of the box and barges into Nathan Ake and Ethan Pinnock as a Brentford cross comes in. It’s a clear foul but VAR doesn’t look at the incident as it’s outside the area.

[5 February 2024 21:38 · Mike Jones]

Brentford 1-3 Man City

79 mins: Thomas Frank’s response is to make a triple change with Keane Lewis-Potter, Mikkel Damsgaard and Yegor Yarmoliuk all coming on to replace Mads Roerslev, Mathias Jensen and Vitaly Janelt.

Can the substitutes change the course of this match?

[5 February 2024 21:36 · Mike Jones]

Brentford 1-3 Man City

76 mins: Jeremy Doku has been introduced for Manchester City in place of Bernardo Silva. Not the sight you want to see when you’re trailing against the Premier League champions.

[5 February 2024 21:33 · Mike Jones]

Brentford 1-3 Man City

73 mins: Brentford’s task is now huge. They need to pull two goals back without conceding another. They’ve had some impressive spells but not enough to really force Manchester City to adapt their own style of play.

[5 February 2024 21:31 · Mike Jones]

GOAL! Brentford 1-3 Man City (Foden, 70’)⚽️

70 mins: This is delightful!

Rodri drills a pass up the pitch to Erling Haaland who has his back to goal. He rolls it off to the right where Phil Foden comes storming through.

He touches the ball into the box then slots it into the near bottom corner. Hat-trick for the England man!

[5 February 2024 21:29 · Mike Jones]

Brentford 1-2 Man City

69 mins: Man City come close to a third as Josko Gvardiol dinks a nice cross into the penalty area for Erling Haaland. The ball just skims the top of his head and gets cleared away.

[5 February 2024 21:26 · Mike Jones]

Brentford 1-2 Man City

66 mins: Christian Norgaard is giving it a go at scoring for Brentford. He’s had a couple of shots from the edge of the box blocked and deflected away.

Brentford aren’t being shy in front of goal. They are causing a few problems now.