Manchester City stumbled in their push for Champions League qualification on Saturday afternoon.

they drew 2-2 at home to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League.

The Cityzens found themselves ahead on two separate occasions courtesy of goals from Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush, but their resilient visitors twice sourced equalisers through Pervis Estupinan and an own goal from the luckless Abdukodir Khusanov.

City would have moved back into the เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย top four with victory at the Etihad Stadium but had to accept a point as they stay fifth heading into the international break.

How the game unfolded

Having won their last six matches in all competitions. Brighton play with an understandable confidence during the opening exchanges at the Etihad. They swiftly unnerved City’s backline and Kaoru Mitoma even had the ball in the back of the home net after just seven minutes. But the forward’s scrappy effort was rule out for foul on goalkeeper Stefan Ortega.

That early warning sign was all the reigning champions need to burst into life themselves, opening the scoring just four minutes later. Marmoush was scythe down in the box by Adam Webster and Haaland converted the subsequent spot kick to become the fastest player to reach a century of goals and assists in Premier League history.

Brighton refused to allow City’s opener to undermine their positive approach and deservedly equalised midway through the first half.

Estupinan whipped an exquisite free kick off the inside of the post with Ortega rooted to the spot, the German stopper appearing to believe the strike was going wide of his goal frame.

Savinho spurned two glorious opportunities as City sought to retake the lead – the second epitomising the erratic nature of the Brazilian’s finishing – but Marmoush provided the clinical edge his teammate was lacking as he thundered home a venomous strike from the edge of the area to give the hosts a slim advantage.