Source: TheGuardian
Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Agüero lead Manchester City’s rout of Brighton
Twenty-seven minutes into the kind of match to which they have long since become accustomed, Manchester City’s fans broke out in song to support their stricken neighbours. “Stand up for the Bury boys” was the chant and it would presumably not have taken long, on a quick survey of the home support, to locate some of the 28,885 fans who watched the Shakers win 1-0 at Maine Road in their final meeting. That was on Valentine’s Day 1998, when both clubs were in the second tier; they are based 10 miles apart but here, against a competent but predictably outclassed Brighton, they got back to their modern-day business of operating in an entirely different universe.That applies in comparison with almost everyone they face, in fairness, and especially when Kevin De Bruyne is on song. Friday was the fourth anniversary of his arrival from Wolfsburg and he marked it with a fitting demonstration of his gifts, opening the scoring after little more than a minute and then providing an assist for Sergio Agüero to convert the first of two sublime finishes. His work for the day was long since done by the time Bernardo Silva, only 17 seconds after coming on, scored the fourth and the only black mark for City was a potentially serious injury to Aymeric Laporte, who was carried off on a stretcher in the first half. Related: Kurt Zouma’s late own-goal gives Sheffield United a point at Chelsea Continue reading......read full article
