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.
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.
Although I understand that a team shouldn't always expect to score a lot of goals, we all know that Manchester City is a team that scores a lot of goals in a match, which is why when they haven't done that in the two matches they play, it now appears as though their performance is different from before. Since Chelsea played against Manchester City and the match ended in a draw, Manchester City's performance has not been in good shape again. Moreover, none of their key players have injuries right now.
The goal Haaland scored yesterday was what kept Manchester City alive. Had Brentford not played with such seriousness, I would have assumed that the game would end in a draw. Based on Manchester City's performance thus far, I don't think they can compete with Liverpool in the remaining games, as Liverpool will do whatever it takes to win the league and satisfy their coach before he leaves the team.