Brighton come back to stun ten-man City in five-goal thriller

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Dan Burn rounded off Brighton's remarkable comeback against City. AFP

Brighton came back from a two-goal deficit to defeat champions Manchester City at the Amex. Dan Burn scored a 76th minute winner against a City side who had been reduced to ten from the tenth minute of the match.

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Matchday 37

Brighton & Hove Albion

3-2

Manchester City

18 MAY 2021

Supporters have been allowed to return to Premier League matches this week for the first time since December. A limited number of fans had attended the League Cup final and the FA Cup final in April and May respectively, as well as one of the FA Cup semi-finals.

All of those matches were staged at Wembley, but the Premier League had delayed the last two rounds of fixtures to take advantage of the UK's easing of coronavirus restrictions. Around 7,900 saw Brighton's dramatic revival against City, with a limited crowd of 10,000 United fans were present at Old Trafford, while 8,000 Southampton supporters were allowed into St Mary's for their 2-0 defeat against Leeds.

With the title wrapped up, City are fine-tuning their preparations ahead of the Champions League final against Chelsea in Porto on May 29. But Pep Guardiola's side were beaten for the second time in their last three games after a second half collapse at the Amex Stadium. Ilkay Gundogan headed City into the lead from Riyad Mahrez's second minute cross, before Cancelo saw red in the 10th minute after the City defender hauled down Danny Welbeck.

Phil Foden increased City's lead in the 48th minute with a fine solo effort, only for Leandro Trossard to get one back moments later. Adam Webster equalised with a thumping header in the 72nd minute before Dan Burn grabbed the winner from close-range four minutes later. While City obviously stay top, Brighton climb up to 15th with the win, reaching a total of 41 points for the season.