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The teams
Brentford: Kelleher, Collins, van den Berg, Ajer, Kayode, Damsgaard, Henderson, Yarmoliuk, Hickey, Schade, Thiago
Subs: Carvalho, Henry, Janelt, Jensen, Lewis-Potter, Onyeka, Ouattara, Pinnock, Valdimarsson
Manchester City: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Rodri, Savinho, Reijnders, Foden, Bobb, Haaland
Subs: Aké, Cherki, Doku, González, Kovačić, Lewis, Silva, Stones, Trafford
Preamble
Hello and welcome to minute-by-minute coverage of this Premier League game between Brentford and Manchester City at the Gtech Stadium. Today’s match is the battle of the No 9s.
In the red corner is Igor Thiago. Up until Antoine Semenyo’s heroics against Fulham on Friday, the Brazilian was the joint-second highest scorer in the league with four goals in six games. He’s remarkably efficient with a 40% goal conversion rate, as his first goal against Manchester United highlighted.
In the blue corner is Erling Haaland. The Norwegian has been Manchester City’s brightest spark this season. He’s scored 17 goals in 10 games for club and country and is once again doing Haaland things. He’s never scored at the Gtech before though so he’ll be keen to break his duck.
A win for Keith Andrew’s side would make it back to back wins against the two Manchester teams. For Pep Guardiola, today is a chance to record a 250th Premier League win as Manchester City manager. A win would make him the fastest manager to achieve such a feat with one Premier League club.
Kick off is at 4:30pm. Send me your questions and comments via email.
