Manchester City vs Brentford - Premier League, Regular Season - 36 (Sat, 9 May 2026)
Premier League Regular Season - 36 
Etihad Stadium, Manchester
Match reportManchester City’s injury and selection headache deepens before BrentfordManchester City’s Brentford build-up is dominated by a selection squeeze, with Abdukodir Khusanov out, Nathan Ake recalled and Tijjani Reijnders starting. Events
First half
- Yellow card: B. Silva 36'
Second half
- Substitution: T. ReijndersP. Foden 60'
- Substitution: R. CherkiO. Marmoush 60'
- Goal: J. Doku 1-0 60'
- 62' Substitution: A. HickeyV. Janelt
- 69' Substitution: M. DamsgaardD. Ouattara
- Yellow card: N. O'Reilly 74'
- Goal: E. Haaland 2-0 75'
- 79' Substitution: Y. YarmolyukJ. Henderson
- 80' Yellow card: K. Ajer
- 88' Yellow card: J. Henderson
- Yellow card: M. Nunes 88'
- Substitution: J. DokuSavinho 90+1'
- Goal: O. Marmoush assist: E. Haaland 3-0 90+2'
- Yellow card: O. Marmoush 90+5'
Stats
Manchester CityBrentford
- 59% Possession 41%
- 25 Shots 4
- 10 On target 2
- 2.98 xG 0.24
- 10 Corners 2
- 8 Fouls 14
All stats
- 462 Passes 316
- 86% Pass accuracy 76%
- 2 Saves 7
- 0 Offsides 2
- 4 Yellow cards 2
Player of the match
JDJérémy Doku
Manchester City· 1 goalStories
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Manchester City vs Brentford: Andrews furious over penalty call Keith Andrews was furious after Kevin Schade's denied 71st-minute penalty in Manchester City's 3-0 win over Brentford, with three calls going City’s way. -
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Manchester City vs Brentford player ratings: Doku steals the show in 3-0 win Jérémy Doku earned top marks as Manchester City beat Brentford 3-0, with a 10/10 display and a top-corner strike. -
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Manchester City injury news gives Guardiola hope before Brentford Rodri could return, Joško Gvardiol is back training and Rúben Dias is nearing a comeback as Manchester City prepare for Brentford. -
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Manchester City vs Brentford preview Manchester City head into Brentford at the Etihad needing a response after the 3-3 Everton draw, with Haaland and Doku in form.
Lineups & ratings
Manchester City
4-2-3-1 Coach Pep Guardiola
20
9
11 ↓90'
25
6
42
4 ↓60'
27
15
10 ↓60'
33
- 7 Omar Marmoush for R. Cherki
- 47 Phil Foden for T. Reijnders
- 26 Savinho for J. Doku
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 8
- 14
- 21
Brentford
4-4-2 Coach Keith Andrews
1
20
24 ↓69'
22
2 ↓62'
8
23
7
9
18 ↓79'
33
- 27 Vitaly Janelt for A. Hickey
- 19 Dango Ouattara for M. Damsgaard
- 6 Jordan Henderson for Y. Yarmolyuk
- 4
- 5
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 47
Bench · Manchester City
- 7 Omar Marmoush for R. Cherki
- 47 Phil Foden for T. Reijnders
- 26 Savinho for J. Doku
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 8
- 14
- 21
Bench · Brentford
- 27 Vitaly Janelt for A. Hickey
- 19 Dango Ouattara for M. Damsgaard
- 6 Jordan Henderson for Y. Yarmolyuk
- 4
- 5
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 47