Brentford v Man City LIVE updates

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Erling Haaland says the physicality from Brentford defender Sepp van den Berg motivated him.

“The first five minutes he kept on pushing me so I though alright, let’s have it,” he told Sky Sports. “Then I started pushing him back.

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FULL-TIME!

Manchester City beat Brentford 1-0, and rise to fifth in the Premier League.

Pep Guardiola is going absolutely wild over Michael Kayode’s positioning for his long throw.

Kayode then goes short to Kelleher to the amusement of the crowd.

Fabio Carvalho is on for Kristoffer Ajer.

There will be an additional four minutes added on.

How close was that?

Schade closes down Donnarumma’s kick but fortunately for the City goalkeeper the ball rolls off for a corner.

City are living dangerously right now. Bernardo Silva smashes the ball clear as Brentford continue to pressure the visitors.

Dango Ouattara is now shown a yellow card for simulation.

Nico O’Reilly is booked for taking too long to take a throw-in.

Ten minutes to go in this one.

Brentford still have time to find a way back into this match.

Chants of “Haaland, Haaland, Haaland” from the away end after Erling Haaland got back to defend and win a freekick for City.

Matheus Nunes is shown a yellow card.

Jeremy Doku and Bernardo Silva come on for Oscar Bobb and Tijjani Reijnders.

Vitaly Janelt and Frank Onyeka replace Jordan Henderson and Yarmoliuk.

Yehor Yarmoliuk is down receiving treatment.

It doesn’t look good for the young midfielder.

Jordan Henderson is shown a yellow card for a poor challenge.

Igor Thiago and Mikkel Damsgaard are both off. They’re replaced by Dango Ouattara and Mathias Jensen.

They might be having all of the ball, but Pep Guardiola’s men are struggling to break down their hosts. The Bees are looking so rigid in defence, but can they find an attacking balance?

The noise inside the Gtech has gone up a notch, and Brentford have responded.

They’ve been tucked inside the City half for a couple of minutes.

They are still firmly in this game.

Michael Kayode heads well over the bar from Schade’s deep cross.

Brentford have been sat deep this half, but Jordan Henderson’s tireless pressure is getting his side forward.

Aaron Hickey is the next to press City, but gets barged off the ball by Matheus Nunes, much to the anger of the home fans.

It’s again one way traffic as City push Brentford further back into their own half.

The hosts have defended well so far to be fair to them.

The freekick leads to nothing.