It was a really hard-fought win for Manchester City last night. 
I wasn't expecting them to have this much difficulty in scoring even one goal against Brentford. Flekken is really impressive recently and he gave his everything in this game as well. He got a 8.4 rating for this performance and I think he was definitely the man of the match. 
Haaland scored a really critical goal otherwise Brentford were about to steal one point at Etihad despite being overwhelmed by Manchester City during the whole game. Every single win is very important for Manchester City on the road to the league title. Especially after losing points against Chelsea home.
Didn't they start having difficulty winning from the last meeting, like against Everton? and in last night's match Manchester City had to win the match in the crucial minutes. That was with a narrow score of 1-0 even though they were playing at home. I don't think the same thing will happen again and maybe Manchester City has experienced an emergency at the end of this season. If you look at it, everything went according to plan, but in my opinion, this time Manchester City's game was not very satisfying. I wasn't expecting them to have this much difficulty in scoring even one goal against Brentford. Flekken is really impressive recently and he gave his everything in this game as well. He got a 8.4 rating for this performance and I think he was definitely the man of the match. Haaland scored a really critical goal otherwise Brentford were about to steal one point at Etihad despite being overwhelmed by Manchester City during the whole game. Every single win is very important for Manchester City on the road to the league title. Especially after losing points against Chelsea home.
Is it possible that other teams are starting to be able to read Manchester City's game movements? and if that's true, they will experience obstacles more often to get 3 points in the next match. Competition is getting tighter and Manchester City has to fight with Liverpool and Arsenal who only have a narrow difference in the standings. I will still be curious who will win the title this season and also if Manchester City can get through this season with so many obstacles then they will be on a different level to other strong teams in the EPL.