Man City beat Brentford to move two points behind Arsenal

TL;DR

Manchester City defeated Brentford 3-0, moving two points behind Arsenal in the Premier League. The win featured goals from Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland, and Omar Marmoush, enhancing City's goal difference.

Key points

Manchester City won 3-0 against Brentford
City moved two points behind Arsenal in the Premier League
Goals scored by Doku, Haaland, and Marmoush
Brentford protested several refereeing decisions
City improved their goal difference with the win

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Manchester City moved two points behind Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table and boosted their goal difference as three second-half goals clinched a 3-0 win over Brentford.

Jeremy Doku, whose double salvaged a 3-3 draw with Everton on Monday, produced an almost identical curling finish to break the deadlock in the 60th minute before Haaland backheeled a close-range second then set up the third for Omar Marmoush.

The victory keeps the pressure on Arsenal ahead of their game against West Ham at the London Stadium on Super Sunday, and means they are only one goal behind the Gunners for goal difference.

Brentford were aggrieved by several refereeing decisions that went against them, the first of which saw Matheus Nunes cleared by VAR after a last-man challenge on Kevin Schade which sent the Brentford forward tumbling to the ground.

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Later in a tense first half, a prone Bernardo Silva was only booked for hitting out at the leg of Brentford defender Nathan Collins with his arm. Brentford had a penalty appeal turned down in the second half after another coming together between Nunes and Schade.