Brighton and Hove Albion v Manchester City, 12 August 2017

Score	2-0 to Manchester City
Referee	Michael Oliver
Competition	Premier League
Venue	AMEX Stadium
Attendance	30,415

View Brighton and Hove Albion v Manchester City head to head

Kick-off: 5.30pm The AMEX Stadium became the 56th different stadium to host a Premier League game. This was Manchester City's first visit to the AMEX Stadium.

2 Manchester City

Goals:

Sergio Agüero		70
Lewis Dunk	own goal	75

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mat Ryan

Defender Bruno Saltor

Defender Shane Duffy

Defender Markus Suttner

Defender/Midfielder Lewis Dunk

Defender/Midfielder Solly March

Midfielder Pascal Gross

Midfielder Davy Pröpper

Midfielder Dale Stephens

Midfielder/Forward Izzy Brown

Forward Tomer Hemed

Starting lineup:

Ederson Goalkeeper

Danilo Defender

Vincent Kompany Defender

Nicolás Otamendi Defender

Kyle Walker Defender

Fernandinho Defender/Midfielder

John Stones Defender/Midfielder

David Silva Midfielder

Kevin De Bruyne Midfielder/Forward

Sergio Agüero Forward

Gabriel Jesus Forward

Substitutions:

Jamie Murphy for Izzy Brown	24
Glenn Murray for Tomer Hemed	60
Anthony Knockaert for Solly March	77

Substitutions:

Leroy Sané for Danilo	68
Raheem Sterling for Gabriel Jesus	77
Bernardo Silva for Sergio Agüero	83

Cards:

Gabriel Jesus	29	Y
Raheem Sterling	82	Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Niki Mäenpää

Defender Uwe Hünemeier

Defender/Midfielder Liam Rosenior

Midfielder Steve Sidwell

Midfielder/Forward Anthony Knockaert

Midfielder/Forward Jamie Murphy

Forward Glenn Murray

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo

Defender/Midfielder Eliaquim Mangala

Midfielder Yaya Touré

Midfielder/Forward Bernardo Silva

Midfielder/Forward Phil Foden

Midfielder/Forward Leroy Sané

Midfielder/Forward Raheem Sterling

Comments:

This was Brighton and Hove Albion's first-ever game in the Premier League. Their last home game in the top division was a 1-0 defeat against Manchester City on 7 May 1983 at the Goldstone Ground. Kevin Reeves' goal confirmed Albion's relegation and City followed them down to League Division Two a week later with Luton Town's famous win at Maine Road. The Seagulls had now won one of their last six opening league games (lost four). Lewis Dunk became the seventh player to concede an own goal on his Premier League debut. Brighton and Hove Albion manager Chris Hughton: "It is disappointing but that is the quality Manchester City have got and we know that. We can take a lot of positives from the game. When you are playing Champions League-quality teams, you know that they can hurt you. It was always going to be difficult for us to score. We have to make sure that come the end of the transfer window, we have a squad that can do well enough in this division. We have to win the games that we can do."

Comments:

Manchester City had now won their opening game in each of the last seven Premier League seasons with Sergio Agüero scoring a total of six goals in those seven games. Sergio Agüero had now scored against 30 of the 31 Premier League opponents he had faced with Bolton Wanderers being the only exception. Captain Vincent Kompany made his sixth appearance for City in the last meeting with Brighton and Hove Albion in the the 2nd Round of the League Cup on 24 September 2008 at the Withdean Stadium. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said: "We had chances in the first minutes. We have controlled the counter-attacks and we didn't concede one chance. We are going to improve the way we attack. I was very happy with the new players. I want to say thank you to the club. We have huge players with lots of talent. Big congratulations to all the people in Manchester City. We are a strong club."