{"id":5116,"date":"2026-10-31T17:15:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/31\/epl-brighton-stun-man-city-at-etihad-with-1-0-victory\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:15:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:15:45","slug":"epl-brighton-stun-man-city-at-etihad-with-1-0-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/31\/epl-brighton-stun-man-city-at-etihad-with-1-0-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"EPL: Brighton stun Man City at Etihad with 1-0 victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"49.330135891287\">\n<p>Brighton secured a 1-0 victory over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, with Yasin Ayari\u2019s first-half strike handing the visitors all three points in their Premier League encounter.<\/p>\n<p>Ayari scored the decisive goal in the 11th minute, finishing from inside the box after being set up by Maxim De Cuyper following a set-piece situation.<\/p>\n<p>The result gave Brighton a league victory over City just three days after they were eliminated by the same opponents in the Carabao Cup, losing 4-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2288918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2288918\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2288918\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/31181337\/doku_1793466817.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/31181337\/doku_1793466817-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/31181337\/doku_1793466817-313x176.webp 313w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/31181337\/doku_1793466817-255x143.webp 255w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/31181337\/doku_1793466817-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/31181337\/doku_1793466817-60x34.webp 60w, https:\/\/cdn.punchng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/31181337\/doku_1793466817.webp 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2288918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doku | City website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>City dominated possession and created more opportunities, recording 62 per cent of the ball and 21 shots compared with Brighton\u2019s seven. However, they failed to find a way past the visitors\u2019 defence as Brighton held on to their early advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen was named Player of the Match for his performance as Fabian H\u00fcrzeler\u2019s side secured an important away win.<\/p>\n<p>The defeat will be a setback for City, who entered the fixture at the top of the Premier League table, while Brighton arrived in third place.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"17.269565217391\">\n                                                                <b><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/author\/toyediran\">Tosin Oyediran<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tosin Oyediran is a journalist with Punch Newspapers, bringing over eight years of newsroom experience to his coverage of politics, health, advocacy, sports, and entertainment. Known for sharp interviews and human-centered reporting, his work focuses on public accountability, civic issues, and the stories shaping everyday lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#d8acb0bdbdbcb1acb7aa98a8adb6bbb0b6bff6bbb7b5\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"cdb9a5a8a8a9a4b9a2bf8dbdb8a3aea5a3aae3aea2a0\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brighton secured a 1-0 victory over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, with Yasin Ayari\u2019s first-half strike handing the visitors all three points in their Premier League encounter.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}