EPL: Manchester City welcome fans with loss

Adam Webster celebrates scoring Brighton’s second goal during their EPL match against Manchester City. Pic/AFP

Brighton staged a superb fightback from two goals down to beat Manchester City 3-2 after the champions had Joao Cancelo sent off as fans returned to the Premier League on Tuesday.

Supporters have been allowed back into Premier League matches this week for the first time since December following the UK's easing of Coronavirus restrictions. A limited number of fans had attended the League Cup final and the FA Cup final in April and May respectively, as well as one of the FA Cup semi-finals. All of those matches were staged at Wembley, but the Premier League had delayed the last two rounds of fixtures to take advantage of the UK's easing of Coronavirus restrictions.

Around 7,900 saw Brighton's dramatic revival against City. With the title wrapped up, City are fine-tuning their preparations ahead of the Champions League final against Chelsea in Porto on May 29.

Second loss for City

But Pep Guardiola's side were beaten for the second time in their last three games after a second half collapse at the Amex Stadium. Ilkay Gundogan headed City into the lead from Riyad Mahrez's second-minute cross. But Cancelo saw red in the 10th minute after the City defender hauled down Danny Welbeck. Phil Foden increased City's lead in the 48th minute with a fine solo effort, only for Leandro Trossard to get one back moments later. Adam Webster equalised with a thumping header in the 72nd minute before Dan Burn grabbed the winner from close-range four minutes later.

Chelsea get revenge

Meanwhile, Chelsea are on course to qualify for the next edition of the Champions League after a crucial 2-1 win against top-four rivals Leicester. Around 8,000 fans were at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea moved into the third place at Leicester's expense. Antonio Rudiger and Jorginho, from the penalty spot, scored the goals for Thomas Tuchel's men to keep a place in next season's Champions League in their own hands.

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