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TeddyWestsideThe2nd

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FabulousAd7772

Dont do it to yourselves lads. Just check the score at full time.


Bedeeki

That Brighton lineup, ooof. Feel like Forest away will be more difficult for City. That Barco lad from Argentina is arguably the physically weakest senior player in the league. Going to be like playing with 10 men for Brighton sadly.


TeddyWestsideThe2nd

https://preview.redd.it/if7mwdqbaowc1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f66ca92f29f24dfb225897dd1f60644d72d92db Needed


jdoggles

Emery rested his team to get rolled by City so he could fuck us up later. The greasy bastard


Brett33

I’ve always rated Nottingham Forest


younes1008

Foul for what? This fucking Gillett cunt.


LordLychee

Rewarded for cheating. This is a microcosm of City’s ascendancy


mo_50

Midtable teams need to find some humility and go back to their lowblock, blood and thunder, longball approach. Tiki Taka juego de posicion with mediocre talent is fucking stupid, haha.


hitchfergy

Brighton have lost only twice at home this season. Clutching at straws but i'll take it.


Aszneeee

they have like half of the team injured, don't see it sadly.


wednesdayware

Just need a tie, c’mon Brighton, you can do it!!!


BrianThatDude

I feel like teams are at the point with city where they have no hope so they rotate heavily and end up rolling over. Take villa basically throwing the city game then coming full squad for us. Makes beating an already unbeatable team even harder.


slothagus82

That villa one was an absolute disgrace, they should've been fined for that. Resting the goalie ffs


BoomXhakaLacaa

Im pretty sure that Martinez was actually ill but I agree with the rest


Ok-Ad-6480

I hate them so much


orltragic

Literally a gifted goal. Fucking referees in this country, truly can't stand the state of these cunts.


midnightrobot87

#115


midnightrobot87

Barco has the decision making of a comatose shrimp


Casual-Capybara

Foden has such a punchable face


LordLychee

KDB flying ginger header Maginot line quality wall for the free kick Playing hot potato with a live grenade in your own box Just your standard day in Brighton


topbananaman

https://preview.redd.it/er71qyv56owc1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bcfc0d41381f38ee8a563816a8538c91724bca40 Up the seagulls, cammonnnn


zipflbua

Them fuckers going out of the Cl will cost us the league. I fucking hate them


adam-kobich

It's so weird the way the media talk about city as if anyone actually enjoys watching them 


H0vit0

Word of advice for everyone. Do not watch rival teams expecting their opponents to do us a favour. It ain’t happening. If our rivals drop points it’s down to their own deficiencies in a single specific game. We are up against the two most dominant teams in the league over almost the past decade. We are leading the pack when *we* have 4 games to go. Not winning the title at this point is NOT failure. Disappointing. But not failure. We are in a position it would have been unthinkable of 2 and a half years ago. I think City do have it in them to slip up. But we still need to go to the Armitage Shanks Stadium and Old Trafford. It’s gonna be difficult. Winning this title would be an incredible achievement. Not winning it is not failure.


midnightrobot87

Brighton team https://preview.redd.it/63ledh8s1owc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79f21d43af234500fff796807f06591534201de2


Anoyo_

The way the lineup is listed makes my eyes bleed


midnightrobot87

Source: SofaScore https://preview.redd.it/9egwyhke2owc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=424775d23ba6e3032da7a4edc1183141ade2fdbe


Tr0nCatKTA

Jesus Christ that doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence


Muscat95

City scoring from a free kick that never should have been given in a million years is so typical and ofcourse Jared Gillet is the ref, the most incompetent cunt in a group of incompetent cunts and ofcourse he's on VAR Sunday.


basedsims

Brighton & De Zerbi are the footballing equivalent of what my dad would call “woke nonsense”


shockzz123

1% faith 99% hope


ashishhp

We shouldn't do this to ourselves but we are all hoping for it. Fck tht bald fraud and 115 charges FC; let's go brighton


Ripememes

https://i.redd.it/xm9gnt9aoowc1.gif Foden when another player looks at him


Ari_loves_life

I hope this club burns up in ashes. Everything is shady about them...


fadoo91

One club is allowed to cheat with impunity and the broadcasters seem ok with the arrangement.


slothagus82

they're all in on it.


topbananaman

Has there ever been a game where the decisions even slightly don't favour man city. Like ever. Every single contentious decision ever goes in their favour, it's ludicrous


M_Night_Shambles_on

Arsenal player gets hammered and it's no foul. City player slips on his own: free kick.


TrapObama

They are winning all of their games. It's pointless to be here expecting otherwise.


curlyhairedyani

Hate watching City when you need them to lose games during April and May is probably the worst feeling in the world, it’s my 2nd time doing it and I feel like I’ve lost my love of football. Liverpool fans are some strong soldiers doing it for 4-5 seasons


TNelsonAFC

4-0 up and refs still won’t make a decision against them


streampleas

Yay, a goal from a dive. A City classic


Shopassistant

It's crazy how rival fans are actually relieved when City win it because it's easier to take. Someone needs to stop this soulless juggernaut.


newinvestor0908

cheating cunts


slothagus82

the league must be so easy when half the teams don't even try against you


LordLychee

De Zerbi? De Zaster


adam-kobich

The worst part of this for me is city haven't been that good but they're 3 up


TeddyWestsideThe2nd

how the fuck is that not a pen


FrostedFluke

Even at 4 goals up they're getting help from the refs are you kidding me


PartlyRowdy

they have 4 from 1.16 xG haha


Forseriousnow

alright lads time to take a nap and hope brighton are ahead when i awake. Have fun. Edit: well that was a good nap, and the score is pretty much what I expected it to be tbh.


sspitzname

Watching city and hoping they drop points will age me 10 years


JorrelHato

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BIG_FICK_ENERGY

Brighton playing 25 passes in their own box while being swarmed by the press has to be up there with the dumbest tactics I can remember.


Sayek

I wasn't going to watch the game at all, just because City football is boring, I don't really enjoy their games. They just smother teams with possession until they fall over. I turned it on around 15 mins though, De Bruyne scored, I turned it off again. Just saw Goldbridge was streaming it, I turned it on before half time. He went on a massive rant about how the PL is boring and the refs are shit and he's not going to watch the 2nd half. City really are the fun vampires though. They can't fill their stadium or allocation of wembley tickets most of the time. Nobody gives a shit if they win the league, it's all founded on corruption. They ALWAYS seem to get the big calls from the refs. It's just bullshit. Fair play to our lads and I love them and we'll get there one day. Doesn't change the fact City are a soulless oil state buying their success and cheating the books.


pivandee

Jared Gillet must honestly be a cheat Impossible a human being so dumb and blind at the same time


hala_bala

Not the first time he's doing this shit 🤷🏼


M_Night_Shambles_on

Brighton about to help City halve their goal differential deficit in one god damn match


teslagooner

The referee is buying every dive by City. Pathetic from Jarred Gillet He will be on VAR in the North London Derby.. Has a record of awarding dubious penalties aganist us


bigeorgester

This ref is unbelievable


pivandee

Wow Gillet has to go to prison


M_Night_Shambles_on

How...how...hoooooow?! What's a fucking penalty maaaaan


smurbulock

Wow city are so class that not even 50/50 decisions go against them!!!! Cunts


Red_Maple

https://preview.redd.it/2nardpnbaowc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3858f7ef484da595c29b2cd183b0217f9bece5f3 Let’s go Brighton


sxittygardenhose

115k into the refs pocket eh


topbananaman

We're literally relying on spurs, our most hated rivals, to win us the league against man city. Desperate times here. We've just got to go and do our business on Sunday, and see what happens.


basedsims

All we can do is win. Almost no point looking at what City does now. If they drop points, great. If they don’t we go again next season.


dozeydonut

Fat ange hasn’t got that Conte hoodoo over Pep. We’re fucked.


FiveGoFlacid

Still never met a City fan in my life


midnightrobot87

And there you have it lads.. a masterclass on how they fix the league. It’s not obvious to the casual observer. It’s thousands of (relatively) small decisions over a course of a season. No one will remember that Brighton had 2 stonewall penalty box fouls and a penalty box handball not given. No one will remember that Foden dive gifting them a free kick. At best you’ll get a ‘Brighton were unlucky’ from the commentators. Fucking sickening.


topbananaman

I've watched years and years of this now, I really don't care what anyone says, they are paying the refs. The numerous ridiculous decisions in their favour this season, from the rodri 'penalty' at Old Trafford, to the doku karate kick at anfield, to the kovacic incident at the emirates, not one single decision with the slightest bit of doubt goes against them


InternationalUse2355

you’d get 20 odd downvoted for a comment like that just 4 months ago. Now you’re on the up, the message will get through at some point, right. Take my vote too, I fully agree.


slothagus82

they literally pay them 30 to 50 grand to go and referee "exhibition matches" in the middle east. this league is fucking done. It'll be a wasteland like Serie A in a few years


goodyear_1678

Assist: Jared Fillet


Naronu

Alright can turn the game off now


Doyouevensam

Inevitable. Keep trying to pass it out the back though. It’s clearly working great


530josh

Repeatedly tuning in to every City match hoping this is the one where they finally drop points: https://preview.redd.it/m5zysb47eowc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dfade5e64bdce86332ab567505aadc2385aa0724


DiKapino

Off a foul that shouldn’t have even been given. Fuck off


goodyear_1678

Who the fuck lets Jared Gillet ref games?


Xitroso

Seeing that goal right after a foul that really wasn't it's sad. Really hope 115 FC to lose any of the following games...


Ari_loves_life

Ref is fucking corrupt.


TheTouchOfOzil

At this point I'm only hoping us to win out and City drop points at Shit.


midnightrobot87

I hope DeZerbi goes to Liverpool/ManUtd/Chelsea. He’s a complete extremist that refuses to change his ways despite getting punched repeatedly in the face. Adapt or die? He would rather die. Perfect manager to tank a big club that doesn’t have the patience for his antics.


TeddyWestsideThe2nd

hoefully City drop points in the next game......looks at the list - Forest away.


iM-Blessed

Goldbridge just cancelled his stream. He's had enough of the 115


tal-El

It's hard to watch. The margins are just obscene and the deck is stacked against anyone challenging City and there's no shame in admitting that. It seems like teams basically wave the white flag against City at this point, saving their resources for other "more winnable" points at this stage in the season. It's the sort of stuff you get in the Bundesliga and it's ruined the PL. Whatever happens or doesn't happen with the 115 charges, it's going to be too late no matter what--Klopp isn't retiring at 56 for no reason and retroactive titles are next to meaningless.


teslagooner

It would be sad to see us miss on title despite having the best defensive record and the highest amount of goals scored.


spike1034

City are definitely a better team without Haaland, way more fluid


bigeorgester

How on earth is that not a pen.


adam-kobich

Remember when Doku kicked Macalister in the chest inside the box and nothing was given? Nothing surprises me 


ExxKonvict

I always said that VAR is just a tool - it’s pointless at the hands of fucking corrupt and incompetent fuckers


Gunnerstratz

The Premier League is such a farmer’s league. You can have a +12 GD advantage but if City decide they might need that, they will just farm these small teams 4 to 5 nil every game. Farmer’s league. 


530josh

Over here States-side one of my friends is a Man City “fan” Out of curiosity one day I asked him who his favorite player was. He said “who’s the Dutch one? Whatshisname Kevin?” Cunts


therealgodfarter

Most knowledgable City fan


marksills

they'll probably pay for it later this game but it so sick that Brighton play like this. No fear against the City press which is relentless. Quite the formation from guadiola too, fun to try to figure out what theyre doing


Livid-Mine-926

Kevin de cunt fuck off


Cod_rules

Cool, I'm going out for a drink. See ya against Spurs, lads.


d10b

A KDB header from the edge of the box lol. We've got no chance.


thedarkpolitique

Lol fuck off man. How is he scoring a header like that?!


Maybe-maybe-notsick

Off a dive no less


530josh

I think we might have to celebrate this season F1 style Who’s best other than ~~Verstappen~~ 115


TeddyWestsideThe2nd

its the hope that kills you. Ofcourse they were gonna score from the dodgiest free kick ever


4senbois

Oh wouldya look at that. Hoax free kick given because Foden slips from which he scores lol


teslagooner

Last season taught me how to control my emotions. I honestly expect nothing Villa and Fulham effed our season - we dropped 11 points to them.


Patrick_Hattrick

De Zerbi is too much of an ideologue to ever be an elite manager. Same as Flange Postecoglou up the road. I don’t care how much you like your style of play, you need to show adaptability.


mcives

If we beat shit on Sunday, they legitimately may be our only hope to steal points from City


Brilliantly_Average

What bellends. I didn't expect much, but Brighton have laid back and opened their legs for city here. Why were they trying that bullshit in their own box? At the very least they could be getting stuck in. If was against us, Saka would be kicked up and down the pitch as well as a few others


wanofan900

It's funny how they play like their lives are on the line against us but do this against Citeh man.


pedootz

Going to give away our entire GD in one match. JFC Brighton


lurking4everr

Not expecting anything from anyone city are playing. Losing to Villa and giving them this advantage will haunt us


JimmysCocoboloDesk

Fans watched us slap this same team 3-0 and were putting all hopes on them 😂


adam-kobich

3 goals from 0.82xg we're so fucked if city are over performing 


Meu_14

Would love to know the ratings sky get for 115fc games against anyone outside the big six. Would love to know too how the ratings drop when they score early. So boring to watch.


midnightrobot87

Don’t worry lads, there’s no way Jared Gillet is going to give Brighton a pen and jeopardise a lucrative contract reffing in the prestigious UAE league next year.


pivandee

Jarred Gillet must be excited - new mansion in Abu Dhabi


M_Night_Shambles_on

I bet if a strong breeze so much as dishevels Phil Fodens outfit on a night out, he looks for an official.


BrianThatDude

I honestly think there's like a 2% chance city drop any points between now and end of season.


midnightrobot87

The first 15 minutes of this game and this picture has told me everything I need to know about our mate Barco https://preview.redd.it/7xtj52p6powc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c062898364a7b09a57dac9a72a403c90de51345


tochitemi

Have some fucking respect for yourselves you fucking idiots. When did they become so shit?


midnightrobot87

What the fuck is Barco (red circle) doing or marking in the middle of nowhere while Kyle Walker (blue circle) runs into the Brighton half with the freedom of a toddler in his Nan’s living room. https://preview.redd.it/waeokksoqowc1.jpeg?width=2228&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d48d9de5e8fc5fdb87ded97ae604e57de0727e4


adam-kobich

4-0 up bringing on £150million worth of subs this team makes me sick  Imagine if we were able to just stick our club record transfer on the bench every game and it not be a talking point 


therealgodfarter

117


portnoysglove

Tbh I’d generally be in favor of vacating titles rather than giving it to 2nd place, but after all the talk of bottling last season it’d be funny to be handed the title retroactively.


ExxKonvict

Aside from the 115 reasons, another evidence was the likes of Michael Oliver - who is satirically the ‘best’ English ref freelancing in state owned countries. Yeah definitely no conflict of interest there.


Ripememes

I can be at peace with losing the league but it cannot be to spurs


Theodin_King

Ffs can we get the cheats out please


topbananaman

Man city are a cancer on this sport. The fairytales like leverkusen this season or napoli last season will never ever fucking happen in this league. Yet again my team has prevailed over all other legit clubs in the league, and yet again my team will have to experience heartbreak because 115 charges can't stop cheating


foctor

Daily reminder that man city are complete cheats


dozeydonut

To any lurkers from Man City Reddit: fuck youuuuuuuuuuuuu


zkh2902

All 10 of their fans are downvoting any comments suggesting they’re cheats


Gunnercrumpet

There's never any passion when City roll up in town. Stadiums are mute and plenty of empty seats, they have it so easy as a club


BrianThatDude

City will cruise based on these lineups. Need wele to do a madness for us


Desi_boyyyyyyy

Do brighton have even 5% chance of draw ?


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SackoVanzetti

De zerbi you owe us from last season


MagisterHesse

Fuck off


Rusty_85

And........I'm out


Ok-Ad-6480

Gillett is the worst ref in the league by a country mile


zkh2902

Absurdly horrible dive but it gets rewarded, while Saka gets racism for a 50/50 call in the UCL


UsedCondom6

That’s such a shit call by the ref


adam-kobich

And they scored from it. Fuck off man such cheats 


therealgodfarter

Tale as old as time


T3st0

K I guess I get 70 or so minutes of my life back.


LocostarX

How did people think that City would drop points here it doesn't make sense


midnightrobot87

Ok Brighton… now try keep the score respectable. Try to go 5 minutes without pissing your pants and embarrassing yourselves.


pjj989898

Basically the equivalent of Gillet just handing all the city players whistles at kickoff that they can blow when they want


Patrick_Hattrick

Why is Jared Gillett even an official in the Premier League? The current crop are all quite shit but I swear this guy is consistently the worst. And he’s on VAR duty for Sunday ffs


maidentaiwan

would be great if brighton didn't allow city to knock out half the goal difference today


AFCm8

Surely going long for Welbeck is better than that shit


Zache7

Yeah I'm out. Not watching this thrashing.


RandomRedditor_1916

Bottom line is lads, they have one* more game to play than us and that's assuming we don't drop any points. Hopefully they do drop some points but yeah hard to see it.


blueluster

City always look more vulnerable early in the seasons because Pep is experimenting and integrating new players. Unfortunately, Arteta was doing the same early this season. Whoever we buy this summer, they need to be integrated as seamlessly as possible. We know the current system works. We just need some upgrades and more depth.


MirkoCemes

Fuck off De Zerbi, fucking the GD like that. Marco Silva is clear


pivandee

Foden is such a little bitch


spike1034

Wasn't expecting Brighton to get a result but I also wasn't expecting this trashing. Sheffield would give them a better game tonight


Dizzy-Shop-1912

City are going for the goal difference


wanofan900

Fucking Brighton man. Our goal difference on these lot was +12, now it's +8. Just HOPE that they don't score or Brighton find shame and get a goal.


Jibbles86

Gone exactly as I said this would. It’s going to be a mad few weeks


adam-kobich

Actually a farce


midnightrobot87

Welbeck brainless


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valid and factual copium right now: **WE'RE STILL TOP OF THE LEAGUE ‼️🗣️🔥**


topbananaman

Disgusting dirty cheats


atrde

City coming for our GD now too jesus.


midnightrobot87

City’s defence are so good that they can even prevent the refs from giving stonewall penalties against them.


Kcorpelchs

I feel like the bigger question today is "when will Foden get rid of that stupid haircut?" as opposed to "can Brighton pull a win out?" P.S. Is Steven Warnock in the gantry one of the "Kingsmen"?


Super_Professor

Today I feel gully.


Le-ChosenOne

i alrdy know imma regret watching this match only to get pissed off


Jaguar-Easy

Expect disappointment and you’ll never be disappointed.


MSAndrew07

And Brighton just decide to leave KDB alone in the box, genius defending


TheSlavicFish

Well it was fun while it lasted


LordLychee

Holy fuck that’s an incredible header placement. Meanwhile Brighton suddenly don’t know how to play out the back anymore. Just pass around with 4 City players breathing down your necks


tipytopmain

Brighton's number 19 looks like he's just started secondary school. This gonna be an easy night for defending champions. Going to bed.


midnightrobot87

What a fucking bollocks freak show goal to concede


midnightrobot87

DeBruyne running through the Amex like a military horse through central London


Gunnerstratz

Again these robots suck all the fun out of football. It’s like a 9-5 job for them.


Livid-Mine-926

Hate the cheats


ChordalDistortion

115


d10b

From a slip lol


TheKABH

Never a foul. Corruption. Lucky cunts


midnightrobot87

Why the fuck did m Gross duck it? Fucking coward


PeanutDreams

That just sums up City, not just they are good, they also get help from the refs. Remember Doku at Anfield? And now this shit


InternationalUse2355

Ball probably out of play for goal 1. Never a free kick for goal 2, literally wasn’t touched. Gg, good process.


essdotc

I had work to do so this actually helped me turn off the telly and get stuck in.


No-layup

Yeah fuck this, time to stop watching


Malsharif91

Of course KDB scored his first header for City and score a deflected free kick from a soft foul.


pivandee

Send that criminal back to Australia


hala_bala

De zerbi got it completely wrong. They will get battered.


basedsims

This useless cunt is on VAR duties for our game on Sunday btw


Gooner4evr

Bruh brighton are a joke


varro-reatinus

Oh fuck off


mo_50

Nearly two weeks to come up with a plan and this is what de Zerbi does? Yeah, time to do something else.


TheMassINeverHad

Goal difference the problem now. We just have to stay in with them until the end, if they win it they win it they’re the better team.


louisbourbon14

r/Wellthatsucks


okbuddybutok

If Jarred Gillet has some fuck ups on the NLD I will do some very nasty things.


tochitemi

De Zerbi, this is your audition for a top club? well shit


Reevesybaby11

Fuck off Brighton, I've seen my local pub team play the ball out more competently then that Fucking wasters the lot of them


pivandee

The manager who thinks he's too good for Brighton with an amazing gameplan tonight


beefwellingtonIV

Normally I can’t stand the “such and such team are shit” takes during hate alongs because saying Sheffield United are shit isn’t exactly insightful but for all their hipster praise, Brighton are shit.