Brighton 2-1 Manchester City: Mesmerising second-half performance inflicts fourth straight defeat on Pep Guardiola for first time in his career as City crisis deepens

Habits are only truly noticeable when they are broken and at Manchester City, that goes for winning football matches. Pep Guardiola has suffered four consecutive defeats for the first time in his coaching career A sensational second-half display from Brighton clinched a dramatic 2-1 victory at the Amex A Joao Pedro finish from close range brought Brighton level after some chaos in the box So any deviation is noteworthy and when he bounced off Brighton’s padded chair and made his way towards the grass, something felt a little bit different. Teenager Jahmai Simpson-Pusey was at centre half, with Kyle Walker’s head seemingly elsewhere in a spell after half time when Brighton’s press and mastering of space outwitted the champions via Joao Pedro and Matt O’Riley. Erling Haaland gave City a lead in the first-half with a trademark run which broke the lines Matt O’Riley produced the most composed of finishes to seal a spectacular Seagulls victory Brighton 2-1 Man City: MATCH FACTS Brighton : Verbruggen; Veltman, van Hecke, Igor Julio, Estupiñán; Adingra, Hinshelwood, Ayari, Mitoma ; Rutter, Welbeck Subs not used: Enciso, Ferguson, Steele, Wieffer Goals: João Pedro 78', O’Riley 83' Booked: Ayari, Igor Julio, van Hecke Manager: Fabian Hürzeler Man City : Ederson; Walker, Simpson-Pusey, Gvardiol, Lewis; Kovacic; Savinho, Foden, Gündogan, Matheus Nunes, Haaland Subs not used: Akanji, Ake, Wilson-Esbrand, McAtee, O'Reilly, Ortega, Wright Goals: Haaland 23' Booked: Lewis, Simpson-Pusey, Haaland Manager: Pep Guardiola Yasin Ayari was too loose on just the single occasion and for Mateo Kovacic, that was enough. O’Riley's winner lifted Brighton in the Premier League top four after their late turnaround Guardiola's frustration had often been evident as Man City failed to snap their losing run Ederson smothered Kaoru Mitoma when clear and stopped Jack Hinshelwood’s free header.