On Tuesday, January 14, Brentford hosted Manchester City at home, Yegor Yarmolyuk was not included in the starting lineup.
The teams started with varying success, and the first chance was left to the hosts - Ortega barely pulled out Mbemo's aimed shot. Soon, the “townies” were still able to impose their game and began to create chances, however, neither Haaland’s shots nor the shots of other players lacked accuracy.
The teams went into the break with the score tied, and with the start of the second half, both rushed to the attack, exchanging chances. In the 65th minute, Mikkel Damsgaard opened the scoring, but the goal was disallowed due to offside; City responded with a goal through Kevin De Bruyne..
And in the 78th minute, the guests put all questions to rest after Foden scored the second goal, finishing off the ball after Savigno's shot. With the score 0:
2, Yegor Yarmolyuk entered the field, and Brentford continued to attack and won one goal back through the efforts of Rorslev and Vissa. And already in stoppage time, Lewis-Potter found Christian Nergaard with a cross in the penalty area, who snatched a draw for his team.
Brentford 2-2 Manchester City.
Goals: Wissa 82, Nergaard 90+2 - Foden 66, 78 Expected goals (xG): 2. 47 - 2. 10.
Ball possession: 44% - 56%.
Beats: 18 - 21.
Shots on target: 6 - 8.
Corners: 4 - 5.
Fouls: 4 - 4.