Sergio Aguero continued his prolific strike rate at The Etihad Stadium as Manchester City warmed up for their important Champions League clash in Hoffenheim with a comfortable victory.
Aguero guaranteed City would take the points when he finished off a neat one-two with Raheem Sterling to score his 15th goal in City’s last 11 Premier League games at home. He has also scored as many league goals for City, 148, as Alan Shearer managed for Newcastle.
Earlier, Sterling had given Pep Guardiola’s team the lead as the champions returned to the top of the table, with the previous leaders Liverpool facing Chelsea on Saturday evening.
Raheem Sterling put Manchester City in front as he slid in at the far post to convert Leroy Sane's cross into the net
The England winger managed to get enough contact on the ball to direct it into the back of the net past Gaetan Bong
Sergio Aguero, Bernardo Silva and David Silva congratulate Sterling on his goal as City finally broke the deadlock
Sergio Aguero doubled City's lead 15 minutes into the second half when he rounded off a sublime team move
The Argentine striker produced a composed finish after some sensational build-up play from the home side
Manchester City stars run over to celebrate their team's second goal as their supporters go wild in the stands
Manager Pep Guardiola gave his side the thumbs up as they continued their impressive start to the new campaign
MATCH FACTS, PLAYER RATINGS, LEAGUE TABLE AND MATCH ZONE
Manchester City (4-3-3): Ederson 6; Walker 6.5, Laporte 6, Otamendi 6, Zinchenko 6.5; Fernandinho 6.5, B Silva 7, D Silva 7 (Foden 88); Sterling 7.5, Aguero 8 (Jesus 66 6), Sane 7 (Mahrez 71 6).
Subs not used: Danilo, Kompany, Stones, Muric.
Goals: Sterling 28, Aguero 64
Bookings: None
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Brighton (4-4-1-1): Ryan 7; Montoya 6, Duffy 6, Dunk 6.5, Bong 6.5; Knockaert 5.5 (Jahanbakhsh 78 5.5), Propper 6, Kayal 6, March 5.5 (Izquierdo 83); Bissouma 5.5; Locadia 5.5 (Murray 73 5.5).
Subs not used: Saltor, Balogun, Button, Bernardo.
Goals: None
Bookings: Knockaert, Duffy, Montoya
Manager: Chris Hughton
Referee: Lee Mason 6.5
Season at a glance
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- Scottish Div 1
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- Ligue 1
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Raheem Sterling opened the scoring after he converted Leroy Sane's cross at the back post. Click HERE for more from our Match Zone.
City have scored 21 goals in their seven Premier League games this season – a better strike rate than the record 106 they got last season.
And their fans were relaxed enough for a cheeky chant of “Jose Mourinho..we want you stay” in a dig at rivals Manchester United.
City’s thoughts will now turn to Tuesday night in Germany where they will have to bounce back from a defeat against Lyon in their opening European fixture.
Brighton hadn’t beaten Manchester City since 1989 when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister but Pep Guardiola’s side are a different animal nowadays to the Ian Brightwell era.
Even with a makeshift left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko deputising for the injured Benjamin Mendy, they dominated the opening 29 minutes without reward, Aguero and Leroy Sane going close.
Brighton manager Chris Hughton and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola exchange pleasantries before the match
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero attempts an acrobatic attempt on goal in the early stages but missed the target
Anthony Knockaert in action as he tries to evade City defender Aymeric Laporte early on in the first half
Knockaert leaves Oleksandr Zinchenko on the floor as the Brighton winger glides into the Manchester City penalty area
City defender Nicolas Otamendi lifts his foot up to the clear the ball away from Brighton striker Jurgen Locadia
But just as Brighton relaxed a little after surviving the opening onslaught, they fell behind. Sane’s pace always looked the biggest threat to Albion’s organisation and the German provided the outlet for City’s opener.
After Bernardo Silva had carried the ball into Brighton’s half, he fed Aguero who in turn set Sane free wide on the left.
Once into his stride there was nobody in the Albion defence able to get near the winger and Sane had time to pick out Sterling with a low cross that was turned in from close range.
It was Sterling’s fourth goal of the season and incredibly the winger’s 46th goal for City since he last netted for England in October 2015.
He then came close to adding his and City’s second goal of a one-sided afternoon with a fierce rising strike that was beaten away by Ryan at the near post.
Bernardo Silva catches Locadia on the back of the calf as the Portuguese playmaker looks to steal the ball away
Sane fires a shot towards goal but the Germany international sees his attempt cleared away to safety
Brighton's resistance was broken midway through the first half as Sane's cross beat Mathew Ryan and fell to Sterling
Sterling celebrates opening the scoring as City fans go crazy in the stands as they finally took the lead on home soil
Sterling has now been directly involved in 34 Premier League goals since the start of last season
Beram Kayal, who signed a new contract at Brighton this week, competes for an aerial ball with Frenchman Laporte
Ryan then saved another shot, from longer distance, by Fernandinho, as Brighton tried to stem the tide with some rougher challenges, Shane Duffy booked for going into the back of David Silva.
City started the second half quickly looking for the killer second goal. Kyle Walker fizzed a shot wide and Sane headed into the ground and over when picked out by Bernardo Silva.
Aguero then had a fierce strike blocked with David Silva denied by Ryan’s fingertips on the rebound.
The goal did eventually come after 65 minutes when Aguero had upped the tempo by wriggling past a couple of Brighton challenges outside the penalty area.
The Argentine spotted Sterling free on the left and once he’d passed, he dashed into the penalty area where the return ball was delivered at perfect pace.
Silva attempts to flick the ball on at the near post as Yves Bissouma challenges in a bid to clear the danger
Knockaert complains to the referee after being given a yellow card for a foul on Ukrainian Oleksandr Zinchenko
Ryan flies through the air as he looks to diver a goal-bound shot away from trouble in the second half of the game
The Australian goalkeeper tried to produced a sprawling save to keep the deficit at one but Aguero's effort was too good
It was Aguero's seventh goal of the season and put the reigning Premier League champions on course for another victory
City goalkeeper Ederson was largely a spectator all afternoon as the reigning champions maintained their unbeaten start
Aguero shares a smile with manager Guardiola after the Argentine was replaced by Gabriel Jesus moments after scoring
Aguero doesn’t miss many of those and his sidefoot finish from eight yards gave Ryan no chance.
The striker was immediately replaced by Gabriel Jesus as Pep Guardiola rested his legs for Germany, and Sane followed soon after to a standing ovation from The Etihad. David Silva also got one of those when he came off for the final change.
City fans were in good mood, chanting “Don’t sack Mourinho..we want him to stay”.
Brighton will be glad to have avoided conceding six like Huddersfield or five like Cardiff against Guardiola’s side. But their possession count of 21% told its own story.
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