Key events
73 min: With the natives getting restless, play finally resumes with a City goal kick.
72 min: Man City substitution: Bernardo Silva comes on for Ilkay Gundogan.
70 min: There’s another break in play so the referee can have some running repairs done on the battery pack powering his comms device.
69 min: Joao Pedro gets in behind Walker to latch on to a ball over the top from deep. His first touch is excellent and takes him closer to goal but he fires his low diagonal effort well wide of the far post.
68 min: A delightful Mitoma cross from the left somehow finds its way past three City defenders to land at the feet of Danny Welbeck about six yards out. He wasn’t expecting the ball to come his way and can’t sort his feet out in time to get a shot off.
66 min: Brighton double-substitution: Brajan Gruda and Joao Pedro on for Adingra and Rutter.
65 min: Rutter heads over the City bar from 10 yards after connecting with another excellent Estupinan cross from the left.
64 min: Correction, it was Savinho, not Nunes, who tried to score the most Mo Salah goal imaginable on that occasion.
62 min: Nunes gets the better of Adingra down the left but is unable to pull the ball into the path of Haaland. It’s recycled and Nunes tries to curl a shot inside the far post after cutting inside from the right. Wide.
59 min: Adingra opts for a safety first approach as he puts a crossfield ball from Simpson-Pusey out of play for a throw-in deep in inside his own half under pressure from Nunes. It’s nicely poised, this game.
57 min: Matt O’Riley comes on for his long overdue Premier League debut, replacing the injured Jack Hinshelwood in Brighton’s midfield.
56 min: Igor shins the ball over his own bar as he cuts out a Haaland cross that was heading straight for Savinho at the far post. Excellent defending – he could easily have scored an own-goal.
55 min: After dogged work on the edge of the Brighton penalty area by Rico Lewis, Gundogan tries to poke the ball past Verbruggen at his near post but the angle is far too tight.
53 min: There’s a break in play as Hinshelwood receives treatment,. He really should have scored with that powerful header after connecting with Estupinan’s cross from the left but sent his effort too near Ederson.
52 min: Ederson is forced into action again, clawing away a downward header from Hinshelwood from seven yards out.
51 min: Adingra sends a cross from the right to the far post, where Mitoma’s weak header fails to trouble Ederson unduly. It’s catching practice for the City goalkeeper.
48 min: Brighton advance with Welbeck on the ball and it’s played wide to Mitoma, then back across to the other side of the pitch. Matheus Nunes bodychecks Adingra but his blatant foul goes unpunished by the referee, Sam Barrott. The denizens of the Amex Stadium boo disapprovingly and there’s a short break in play while Adingra receives treatment.
46 min: Interviewed by Sky just before the restart, Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler said he has told his players to play with “more courage and intensity”. He seemed to think they were paying their exalted visitors too much respect.
Second half: Brighton 0-1 Man City
46 min: The only Premier League side not to have lost a game in which they’ve conceded the first goal this season, Brighton get the second half started. Carlos Baleba is on in midfield for Brighton, with Yasin Ayari making way.
Half-time: Brighton 0-1 Man City
The sides go off with City leading courtesy of Erling Haaland’s determined strike off the underside of the bar after his initial effort was blocked by Verbruggen. Despite being dominated for the opening half-hour, Brighton have grown back into the game and Danny Welbeck was denied his first ever goal against Manchester City by an excellent Gvardiol block.
45+2 min: Estupinan runs on to a passs from Igor and has a cross put out for a Brighton corner. They won’t get to take it as the flag had gone up for offside. It’s half-time.
45+2 min: We’re into two minutes of added time, which seems excessive as there have been no substitutions or injuries and the ball rarely seems to have been out of play. Never mind.
44 min: Igor bundles over Haaland in the centre-circle and is booked for dissent after complaining about being penalised. It’s a cheap yellow.
42 min: Another rare chance goes to waste for Brighton after Mitoma gets the better of Walker and squares the ball. Neither Welbeck nor Rutter can get to it before its cleared. Brighton have upped their game considerably in the past 10 minutes are are very much back in this match.
40 min: City are awarded a throw-in halfway inside their own half, despite the ball not actually going out of play. Danny Welbeck voices his displeasure to no avail and play resumes.
38 min: Rico Lewis is booked for a foul on Welbeck and Brighton have a free-kick about 30 yards from the City goal. Welbeck, the Brighton skipper, sends the ball fizzing narrowly wide of the right post.
35 min: Brighton have their first chance of note, Gvardiol sliding to block Welbeck’s shot after the striker had beaten Kovacic for pace and been slipped in by Mitoma. The ball actually hits Gvardiol’s arm but as he was sliding but there’s no way it was a handball, even in these strange times.
34 min: Ederson gets the ball launched upfield and sends it into the stand on the right of the pitch. That’s a very rare miskick from him.
32 min: Manchester City corner. Gundogan’s delivery towards the far post sails into the gloves of Bart Verbruggen.
29 min: Nunes plays the ball inside to Kovacic, who shapes to shoot from distance, thinks better of it and plays a low pass forward to Lewis. Moments later, the ball wends its way back to Kovacic and this time he has a pop, which Verbruggen saves. City are in a state of almost total dominance and Brighton are on the ropes.
27 min: Matheus Nunes is penalised for a blatant technical foul on Veltman but avoids a booking.
26 min: Another sweeping City move ends with Haaland forcing Verbruggen into a smart save at his near post with a powerfully struck right-footed effort.
25 min: That was a beautifully weighted pass from Kovacic but Haaland needed the strength of an ox and two bites of the cherry to hold off two Brighton defenders and beat Verbruggen.
GOAL! Brighton 0-1 Man City (Haaland 23)
City lead. Kovacic plays Haaland in behind and his shot on goal is only half-blocked by Verbruggen but doesn’t make it into the goal. Under pressure from Jean Paul van Hecke, Haaland scores at the second attempt, steamrollering his way past the prostrate keeper to prod the ball home off the underside of the bar.
