Brighton started the season well, giving the fans hope that the team is still developing and not marking time. In the championship, the Seagulls lost to Chelsea (1:3), but defeated Newcastle (3:0), whereas in the last match they lost to Manchester United in a dramatic meeting (2:3). Graham Potter’s team held out to the last, but got their own penalty kick in the tenth added minute. By the way, the very defeat at Manchester United was for Brighton’s players only the second in the last ten official matches. Brighton played unsuccessfully in the League Cup. This is already the best performance of the club in this tournament since entering the Premier League. In the current draw Brighton confidently passed Portsmouth (4:0) and Preston (2:0) in the previous stages. In the transfer market Brighton was humble. “Seagulls” sold more than they bought. Therefore, according to results of the transfer window, Brighton earned about 17 million euros. The gulls received most of this money for Anthony Knockert, who was bought by Fulham. Brighton itself bought Jean Paul van Hecke from Breda for 2 million euros and bought defender Joel Veltman from Ajax for 1 million. Although the main gain looks like the transition on the rights of free agent Adam Lallana from Liverpool. Unavailable at Brighton for this match are Jose Izquierdo, Florin Andone, Christian Walton and Yves Bissuma.
Manchester City played 3 matches in the new season (2 in the Premier League and 1 in the League Cup) and has already managed to disgrace. Yes, the 2:5 defeat to Leicester at Etihad deserves no other epithet. Having quickly opened the score in the match, the townspeople began to make incredible failures in defense. You can laugh and scold the VAR system in England as much as you like, but the Foxes earned both 3 penalties and a crushing victory over the league silver medalist last season.
