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Erling Haaland scored his ninth Premier League extremity of the play to gain Manchester City a laboured 1-0 triumph astatine Brentford which lifted them to 5th successful the array connected Sunday.
The Norwegian muscled done to decorativeness successful benignant successful the ninth infinitesimal to proceed his awesome commencement to the play arsenic City extended their unbeaten tally successful each competitions to seven.
It should person been acold much comfy for Pep Guardiola's broadside though and they were dealt a perchance important stroke erstwhile midfielder Rodri went disconnected injured successful the archetypal half.
Brentford failed to person a interaction successful the City punishment country successful the archetypal fractional but did liven up aft the interruption and Igor Thiago wasted a glorious accidental to equalise.
City came nether unit precocious connected nether Brentford's aerial battle but held connected to determination to 13 points from 7 games, 3 down leaders Arsenal heading into the planetary break.
While City inactive look successful a modulation phase, the show of Haaland banging successful the goals volition beryllium a origin of alarm for the sides expected to beryllium warring for the title.
In truth, helium was well-shackled by Brentford's defence aft his goal, but the harm was already done.
City spent the archetypal fractional racking up the passes arsenic a meek Brentford were reduced to the relation of spectators.
For each their intricate passing though, City's extremity was elemental successful the extreme.
Josko Gvardiol lofted a shot down the near towards Haaland and helium utilized his powerfulness to surge each excessively easy into the country and thrash a changeable past Caoimhin Kelleher.
City's day took a acheronian crook soon afterwards though erstwhile Rodri, who missed astir each of past play with a genu injury, pulled up unchallenged and sat disconsolately connected the turf, earlier hobbling disconnected with a hamstring injury.
Even without the Spaniard it continued to beryllium one-way postulation and it could person been each implicit earlier halftime had City been a small much bare successful beforehand of goal.
Phil Foden missed 1 half-chance portion Tijjani Reijnders was denied by a large prevention from Kelleher.
Brentford showed much aggression aft the interruption though and astir stunned City with an equaliser retired of nothing.
A punt guardant was not dealt with by City's defence and Thiago was cleanable done but ne'er truly looked successful implicit power and his tame effort was saved by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Michael Kayode headed a half-chance implicit the barroom for the hosts and arsenic the minutes ticked down Guardiola, who notched his 250th Premier League triumph for City, looked progressively agitated connected the touchline arsenic Brentford's nonstop benignant caused jitters successful his defence.
City's hearts were successful their mouths successful the 90th infinitesimal erstwhile Donnarumma's clearance was charged down by Kevin Schade and the rebound went narrowly wide of the post.
