English Premier League

FT Monday, February 5, 2024
Manchester City WWWWW 3
–
Brentford LDLWL 1
1st2ndT
MNC123
BRE101
Gtech Community Stadium · 17,096 att.

Match Report

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Foden hits hat trick as Man City rally to beat Brentford

Phil Foden scored a brilliantly composed hat-trick as Manchester City fought back to earn a 3-1 win at Brentford on Monday and close to within two points of Premier League leaders Liverpool with a game in hand.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
2
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
13
Corner Kicks
8
1
Saves
12
71.9
Possession
28.1
25
SHOTS
9
15
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
679
Accurate Passes
203
750
Passes
279
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
6
28
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.3
39
Long Balls
58
25
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
7
11
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
5
Interceptions
11
23
Effective Clearances
31
23
Clearances
31

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2

Lineups

BRE · 3-5-2

  1. 1Mark FlekkenG
  2. 5Ethan PinnockCD
  3. 16Ben MeeCD-L
  4. 22Nathan CollinsCD-R
  5. 27Vitaly JaneltCM-L
  6. 8Mathias JensenCM-R
  7. 6Christian NørgaardAM
  8. 12Sergio ReguilónLM
  9. 30Mads RoerslevRM
  10. 7Neal MaupayCF-L
  11. 17Ivan ToneyCF-R

MNC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 16RodriDM
  5. 24Josko GvardiolLB
  6. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  7. 19Julián ÁlvarezCM-L
  8. 17Kevin De BruyneCM-R
  9. 47Phil FodenLM
  10. 20Bernardo SilvaRM
  11. 9Erling HaalandF

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Brentford 1, Manchester City 0. Neal Maupay (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mark Flekken.
  2. 31' Neal Maupay (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+3' Goal! Brentford 1, Manchester City 1. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  4. 53' Goal! Brentford 1, Manchester City 2. Phil Foden (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
  5. 70' Goal! Brentford 1, Manchester City 3. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Erling Haaland.
  6. 71' Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Bernardo Silva.
  7. 76' Substitution, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter replaces Mads Roerslev.
  8. 76' Substitution, Brentford. Yehor Yarmoliuk replaces Vitaly Janelt.
  9. 77' Substitution, Brentford. Mikkel Damsgaard replaces Mathias Jensen.
  10. 79' Substitution, Brentford. Kristoffer Ajer replaces Sergio Reguilón.
  11. 86' Substitution, Manchester City. Mateo Kovacic replaces Erling Haaland.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, Brentford. Shandon Baptiste replaces Neal Maupay.

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