JAKARTA - Manchester City failed to maintain consistency. Superior first through Phil Foden's brace in a Premier League English duel at the Gtech Community Stadium, Wednesday, January 15, 2025 in the morning WIB, host Brentford thwarted Man City's victory with a last-minute goal which drew 2-2.

Man City had shown revival and ended a bad trend when they beat Leicester City 2-0 in the Premier League. The positive trend continued after they won 4-0 over West Ham United.

While competing in the early stages of the FA Cup, The Cityzens again showed their best game by finishing Salford City's amateur team. They won with a score of eight goals without reply. The record of losing nine times during 12 matches in various competitions also seems to be over.

However, Man City turned out to lose their way again when they were on the winning track. In the match in the domestic competition when they visited Brentford headquarters, they actually started impressively. In fact, Man City is already 2-0 up.

But the win in front of my eyes just disappeared after Brentford's Christian Norgaard broke into Stefan Ortega's goal in the 90+2 minute. Only being able to get one point made Man City fail to improve the rankings in the standings.

The result made Man City fail to enter the Champions League zone and remain in sixth place with 35. Same as Newcastle United, but Man City lost on goal difference.

Meanwhile, Brentford moved up to 10th after pocketing 28. They have the same points as Brighton and Hove Albion, but The Bees are still ahead on goal difference.

In that match, Man City dominated quite a bit. Pep Guardiola's team was able to press the opponent's defense very well. However, their attack could always be thwarted by Brentford's strong defense.

There is not a single chance Man City could convert into a goal throughout the first half. Likewise, Brentford still struggled to get out of the pressure so their attacks rarely endangered the Man City goal.

Entering the second half, Man City continued to play offensively and master the game. Even winger Savinho almost broke the deadlock in the 50th minute. However, the Brazilian's efforts have yet to bear fruit.

Furthermore, striker Erling Haaland's header is also still failing. Previously, he had often scored goals from headers. This time his efforts were saved by goalkeeper Mark Flekken.

After many failures, Man City finally managed to take the lead after Foden scored in the 66th minute. The goal started with midfielder Kevin De Bruyne's brilliant pass which was met with Foden's volley that broke into the home goal.

Winning 1-0 made Man City even more aggressive in putting pressure on it. As a result, Foden scored the second goal in the match after utilizing the rebound ball from Savinho's kick in the 78th minute.

The success of this England national team player made a brace to silence Brentford supporters. Man City also seemed to have won the match with a 2-0 advantage.

But Thomas Frank's team refused to give up. They tried to get up to catch up. Brentford's efforts were not in vain. In the 82nd minute, midfielder Yoane Wissa finally broke the deadlock with a close-range shot.

The goal increased the adrenaline of Brentford players. Even though the game was almost over and entered injury time, they still pressed the Man City defense. Moreover, the four-time Premier League champion tried to make every effort to keep the lead 2-1.

Unfortunately, Man City's hard work was in vain. Brentford managed to make a comeback after Christian Norgaard's header broke into the opponent's goal in injury time.

Goalkeeper Ortega was actually able to catch the ball. However, the header slid hard into the goal and changed the score to 2-2. The host supporters cheered again and Brentford managed to steal points at home to the top team.


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