Get the latest score, team news, and updates from the Etihad as Ian Ladyman and Jack Gaughan provide live coverage. Also, read on for an analysis of the squads, the battle for Premier League title dominance, and the performances of Igor Thiago and Erling Haaland.
Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Manchester City host Brentford at the Etihad in the Premier League , with Ian Ladyman and Jack Gaughan reporting from the ground. 16:31'Tricky game for City'By Jack Gaughan At The Etihad Can’t call this at all.
A very tricky game for Manchester City here and we don’t have enough evidence of this team’s mental fortitude to predict how they’ll react to Monday night.16:31, 1'KICK-OFF: Man City 0-0 BrentfordBy Harry BamforthWow. That is one of the best renditions of Blue Moon I have heard this season; the fans are well up for this. They really go for it as their players huddle on the pitch, before taking to their positions.
And just like that, off we go. 16:27The time is nowBy Harry Bamforth'Right here, right now.
' That is the music blaring out as the teams congregate in the tunnel, and I feel that is very fitting for this game. Manchester City need to do the job here and now, and if they don't, their dreams of the Premier League title will slip away. The players have now emerged from the tunnel to 'Hey Jude', which must be familiar for the Brentford stars. That's the song they play down in west London as well.
It's nearly go-time now. 16:25Schade: 'We have something to fight for'By Harry BamforthKevin Schade, Brentford striker, on Sky Sports: It's one of the hardest games probably. They have something to fight for - us as well. I hope it's a good game to watch. We want to win every game to fight for the Europe spots.
It will be very hard, we're focused. Mentally, we're in a good spot. 16:22Tussle at the topBy Harry BamforthBefore this game gets cracking, let's have a look at how close it actually is at the top. I mean, it doesn't actually look that close, does it? It's almost like we have blinked and all of a sudden that gap at the top of the Premier League is five points.
After Monday, Arsenal are laughing. Seeing that table really rings home just how big today's game is for Manchester City. They can ill-afford to drop points. 16:18Results from around the groundsBy Harry BamforthOur 3pm kick-offs have finished. Want to know what happened?
Of course, you do. What I will say, is that it wasn't the most exciting of afternoons in the division.
Here are the Premier League results from around the grounds: Sunderland vs Man United - Premier League LIVE: Score and updatesFollow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Sunderland welcome Manchester United to the Stadium of Light in the Premier League. 16:16Khusanov has a knockBy Harry BamforthPep Guardiola has just been asked about Abdukodir Khusanov, and why he isn't playing today. His answer...
'tough knock'. It doesn't sound like it's too serious for the young defender, and I'm sure we will see him before the end of the season. But still, he's absent today and that is a massive blow for Manchester City. The centre-half has been incredible for the Cityzens this back half of the season - a rock at the back.
They will have to make do without him today, though. 16:13'Lose or draw today and its over for City'By Harry BamforthMicah Richards, former Man City defender, on Sky Sports: They've got to do what they do best and fight until the end. Lose today, it's over.
Draw today, and it's over. 16:08Andrews: 'I don't care about the title race'By Harry BamforthKeith Andrews, Brentford boss, speaking to Sky Sports: The narrative around last week's game was all around West Ham and the fight to stay in the league. I was pretty firm then that I don't really care about that, to be blunt. I care about us and what we're trying to do and it's similar this weekend.
I obviously know the effect that it can have, the result whichever way it goes, but we've got our own agenda to take care of. 16:04Bees deadly BrazilianBy Harry BamforthWe simply have to talk about Igor Thiago. Why? Because the Brentford man has been on absolute smoke this season, he's been banging them in the back of the net for fun, with 22 league goals to his name.
In fact, Thiago's 22 goals have come from just 79 shots in the Premier League this season, a conversion rate of 27.9 per cent. Of the 67 players to have scored 20 or more in a season since 2003-04, only four players have had a better conversion rate than the Brazilian. And guess who the only player to have netted more goals than Thiago in the Premier League this campaign is?
That's right, his opposite number today, Erling Haaland. 15:59Guardiola: 'More difficult to win the title'By Harry BamforthPep Guardiola, Manchester City boss, speaking on Friday: Well, it’s more difficult, because we are facing the team that’s going to play the final of the Champions League. So here I want to congratulate Mikel and his group on reaching the final, it’s good for English football. Of course, for Arsenal, but for English football it’s good.
The same like Aston Villa; Unai showed again how incredible a manager he is. I think six Europa League finals. And the same with Crystal Palace with Oliver . So, it’s good for English football the three teams are going to play in three finals, it’s really, really good.
And of course, we’re facing – answering your question – a team that has been really good and I know the only chance that we had, we dropped two points in a tough game against Everton, but still we try to win, to sleep two points behind them, and see what happens. 15:55City's fortressBy Harry BamforthSpeaking of the Etihad, it ain't half become a fortress this season. Having lost their first Premier League home match of the season 2-0 against Tottenham Hotspur, Man City are unbeaten in their last 15 at the Etihad , scoring at least twice in 13 of those 15 games.
The last of those games was a victory over Arsenal here last month, when we all thought City would then go on to win the Premier League title. I'm pretty sure everyone had them down as favourites after that win. But here we are, just a couple of games later, and now they are in desperate need of three points just to stay in the fight. How quickly things can change, eh? Key UpdatesTOP STORIES
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