布萊頓繼續崛起，曼城遭遇連敗

曼城在阿提哈德球場以 1-0 不敵布萊頓隊，在恩佐·馬雷斯卡的帶領下首次遭遇英超聯賽背靠背失利。

結果是在輸給阿斯頓維拉一週後得出的。 City had previously not suffered consecutive league beatings since August 2025.

四天前，布萊頓在卡拉寶杯點球大戰中被淘汰出局，上半場表現出色，亞辛·阿亞里的進球在馬修斯·努涅斯的解圍搞砸後成爲制勝球。

但他們也必須在第二節中經受住曼城的進攻，將風格與鋼鐵和韌性相匹配。馬雷斯卡的球隊全力以赴尋求突破，伊利曼·恩迪亞耶擊中橫樑，埃爾林·哈蘭德開出角球，努涅斯從忙碌的巴特·維爾布魯根手中做出了精彩撲救。

The goalkeeper proved immovable, making seven saves in total.

當尼科·奧萊利的頭球攻門稍稍偏出時，馬雷斯卡再次用手捂住了頭，曼城一次又一次地浪費了機會，在整體上創造了客隊的機會，但卻無法讓任何東西保持住。

Brighton's players milked their celebrations with the away end.他們應得的。這種上升值得掌聲和關注。

他們在爭奪冠軍嗎？ It's perhaps too early to tell, but by my estimation Fabian Hurzeler has a team with superb harmony, who play with complete tactical clarity.這極大地增加了他們做一些特別的事情的機會。

恩佐·馬雷斯卡聲稱自己很清楚布萊頓將提供什麼，四天前剛剛接待了他們，但他無法制定一個計劃來阻止他們的流動。曼城在中場和整體上都處於劣勢。

If this was a tangible test of Brighton's stomach for the race, they passed with flying colours.

布萊頓在過去六場英超比賽中贏了五場，五場勝利均保持不失球。 They have the most clean sheets (6) in the competition this season.

11：目標！由於阿亞里從努涅斯超越多納魯馬的錯誤中受益，曼城被拉開。

22：巨大的機會！ Anderson stands up a lovely ball into the six-yard box but Ndiaye glances his header wide.

34：機會！ Donnarumma denies Gomez from a tight angle as Brighton push for a second.

48：小姐！德庫珀接到戈麥斯的傳中後擊中橫樑，浪費了將布萊頓領先優勢擴大一倍的絕佳機會。

52：木製品！ Ndiaye rattles the crossbar with a fierce strike.

62：保存！隨着曼城壓力的增加，維爾布魯根從努涅斯手中撲救。

88：機會！ Rutter leads a one-man counter-attack and feeds Hinshelwood but the substitute dinks wide.

89：機會！ O'Reilly miscues his header as City's missed chances continue to mount.

90+4：保存！ Doku skips past his man and is again denied by a wonderful performance from Verbruggen.

"We created enough to get some points but we didn't score. We did enough to deserve something. In this moment we need to move on.

“有時會發生[錯誤]。不幸的是，這種情況正在發生在我們的球員身上。我們需要分析並瞭解我們可以做得更好的地方。我們正在承認愚蠢的目標；我們可以避免這種情況。

“當然，我們並不高興。當我們輸掉一場比賽時，沒有人會高興。我們知道我們不會贏得所有比賽，這些時刻到來了，所以我們必須儘快繼續前進。”

"We expected a game where we had to suffer, facing one of the best teams in the world.

"We had to stick together and we had this feeling that defence wins today.防守會爲你贏得緊張的比賽。我們有防守心態。

"We faced a lot of adversity during the game and really proud of how my players kept a clean sheet with quality and a bit of luck."