Brighton 1 Manchester City 4

Before this match I jotted down the City midfield :

Phil Foden

Kevin De Bruyne

Mahrez

Gundoyan

Fernandinho

Silva

Jack Grealish

I must have left someone out. It was Rodri.

So when I heard we had guests and my wife suggested a later start for dinner so I might go to the Amex I replied that I would watch the match on TV as I could nee no other results than a massacre of Brighton.

I predicted 4-0.

When you have such depth as City possess you do not need an out-and-out striker and there is real competition in places.

Graeme Souness regularly criticises the Grealish acquisition for not fitting into the City fast tempo style.

In my view, he offers a different option as the finest English dribbler since Paul Gascoigne. He played yesterday and was involved in a running feud with Joel Veltman. Brighton were three down in the first half but played more competitively in the second which was – as it were – 1-1.

I had made the right call.

Brighton are fourth but the 5 teams below them are within 3 points. We have only scored once – and that was from the penalty spot – in the last 3 games.

We need to get Adam Webster and Yves  Bissouma back as soon as possible and start Qadir Lamptey, whose liveliness and pace were the spark for the second half improved performance.