Ayari on target as Brighton condemn Manchester City to second straight league defeat

By Jamie Jackson at the Etihad StadiumSaturday 31 October · 18:59

Manchester City have lost two consecutive league games but no alarm should be sounded. Enzo Maresca’s fast-passing unit that were defeated on Saturday because Yasin Ayari took one of Brighton’s rare chances, the 11th-minute winner deriving from what appeared a wrongly awarded free-kick for Elliot Anderson’s “foul” on the same player. Fabian Hürzeler’s team can be proud of victory here – and of being third. They are worth the lofty position and who would bet against Champions League qualification