Well now it seems the job is done. Brentford was barely able to create any chances and I think this goal will be enough and it is more likely if Brentford tries to attack that they get finished off with a counter attack. Of course it could go the other way, but that's not very likely to me.
It is great to see that Haaland is slowly getting back to his old form and he once again scored the can opener in this game and probably the winning goal. Haaland is still leaving out a few of his chances that he would usually convert into goals, but still he deserves to be on the pitch. It is too bad when injuries take him out. It would be sad to see this amazing player spent half of a season as a visitor in the stadium.
I am looking forward to March as that will be an amazing month for anyone who is following the Premier League. So many great games with Manchester City against United, Liverpool and Arsenal and the FA Cup and the Champions League of course. Those are the months that Guardiola loves.
Halaad is back on his scoring mood. He has scored two goals but one was canceled. It was a difficult first half for Man city, but Halaad was able to find the back of the net on the 71st minutes of the game through a counter.
Manchester City should try as much as possible to score a second goal to seal up their victory, because Brentford might just equalize the goal in the last minutes of the game.
I sometimes think that Manchester City's attempt to goal ratio is a bit off this year. Against Brentford they had again overwhelming statistics on their side and had 25 shots or attempts, of course not all of them on target. But I have now observed that a couple of times that Manchester City has these statistics and yet they have many games which end much closer than they should.
Perhaps it is this ratio in the end that could cost them the title against Liverpool. I know this is just speculation, but in some other seasons they were brutal and ended those games with 5-0 instead of 1-0 and the games were sometimes over with the halftime whistle. I am not sure what their issue is as De Bruyne is back and their attacking line is impressive, but if they can't get back into this beast mode and often have these close games, they will probably get punished for that in a few games.