Wayang Erling Haaland's Only Goal Makes Manchester City Beat Brentford

JAKARTA - The single goal scored by striker Erling Haaland led Manchester City to silence Brentford with a narrow score of 1-0 in the seventh week of the 2025/26 Premier League match at the Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford, Sunday night.

The goal was born as reported by Antara, when the game was only nine minutes old through Haaland's expertise in empowering Seppvan denBeRGsei to receive a pass from Josko Gvardiol before firing a shot that was unable to be driven away by goalkeeper Caoimhin Kel's neck.

The 1-0 score was maintained by City until the whistle sounded the end to push up to fifth in the standings with 13 points, while Brentford (7), which since yesterday was jumped by Aston Villa, has been in 16th place, according to the official Premier League website.

After winning fast in the first nine minutes, City continued to try to attack the home defense through the creation of attacks supported by two creative players Phil Foden and Indonesian-blooded player Tijjani Reijnders.

Unfortunately until halftime no additional goals were created and Brentford tried to fight back through a quick counter-attack scheme in the second half.

Some of Brenford's threats that rely on attackers Igor Thiago and Kevin Schade can still be overcome by goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

City, which has a sphere level of up to 70 percent, continued to pound, but struggled to penetrate Brentford's defense.

This condition forced coach Pep Guardiola to change his strategy by bringing in Bernardo Silva and Jeremy Doku to replace Reijnders and Oscar Bobb.

However, this strategy did not change City's advantage until the game ended with a narrow 1-0 victory.

After the international break, City will host Everton at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday 18 October 2025, while Brentford will only play two days later at WestHam United headquarters.