{"id":482351,"date":"2024-04-25T17:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482351"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:00:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:00:54","slug":"man-city-scores-four-past-brighton-to-keep-the-title-race-alive","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/man-city-scores-four-past-brighton-to-keep-the-title-race-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City scores four past Brighton to keep the title race alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City displayed their championship credentials with an emphatic 4-0 triumph over Brighton in a rescheduled fixture from the 29th round of the Premier League, underscoring their determination in the title race against Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Citizens&#8221; wasted no time asserting their dominance as Kyle Walker set up Kevin De Bruyne for the opening goal in the 17th minute, a clinical finish that eluded Brighton keeper Jason Steele.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Foden doubled City&#8217;s advantage nine minutes later with a fortuitous free-kick deflected past Steele by a Brighton defender.<\/p>\n<p>City continued to showcase their attacking prowess, capitalizing on Brighton&#8217;s defensive lapses as Foden capitalized on an error to notch his second and City&#8217;s third in the 34th minute.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilFoden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@PhilFoden<\/a> has passed the 50 goal mark in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@premierleague<\/a> \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/55D6XiRzm7\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/55D6XiRzm7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/1783588082261868767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Brighton sought a response after the break, with Joao Pedro testing City&#8217;s goalkeeper Ederson in the 53rd minute, only to be denied. Julian Alvarez squandered a chance moments later, but made amends in the 62nd minute, extending City&#8217;s lead to 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Brighton&#8217;s appeals for a penalty in the 70th minute falling on deaf ears, City maintained their dominance till the final whistle.<\/p>\n<p>With this commanding victory, Manchester City climbed to second place in the provisional standings with 76 points, trailing Arsenal by a solitary point but with a game in hand. Liverpool sits third with 74 points, setting the stage for a thrilling title race showdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City displayed their championship credentials with an emphatic 4-0 triumph over Brighton in a rescheduled fixture from the 29th round of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482352,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[18821,17183],"news_category":[136,14235,16715],"gn_keywords":[18822,18121],"acf":{"announce":"The Citizens are point behind Arsenal with a game in hand as Liverpool now third with two points behind","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482353,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482351\/revisions\/482353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482351"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482351"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}