Luton vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as City survive scare
Luton 1-2 Man City: Grealish and Bernardo’s second-half strikes secured a comeback win for City
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City ended their four match run without a win as they edged past Luton Town 2-1 at Kenilworth Road in a contest that threatened to end in another negative result for Pep Guardiola’s men.
Without Erling Haaland in the squad, the visitors struggled to capitalise on their possession the first half and, aided by some fine saves from Thomas Kaminski, Lutin kept them at bay. Elijah Adebayo leapt above everyone else to nod home the opener just before the half-time break and Luton took the lead.
In the second half, Man City picked up where they left off and pushes the Hatters deep. Bernardo Silva curled in a superb left-footed strike just after the hour mark to equalise before Jack Grealish slotted home to decisive goal to secure the points for the champions.
Relive the action from Kenilworth Road below:
Second half! Luton 1-0 Man City
Luton get the match restarted at Kenilworth Road. Can they hold onto or increase their lead?
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HT Luton 1-0 Man City
Manchester City had 70% possession and 10 shots in the first half with three on target - all of which were kept out by goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski.
Luton in contrast had two shots, both on target, and they scored one.
HT Luton 1-0 Man City
Half-time! Luton 1-0 Man City
45+2 mins: A huge goal takes Luton into the break with a slender lead.
The Premier League champions really seem to be missing the goal threat of Erling Haaland and despite a few good saves from Thomas Kaminski haven’t created the chances their possession and intent should have brought.
Game on.
GOAL! Luton 1-0 Man City (Adebayo, 45+2’)⚽️
45+2 mins: Incredible! Andros Townsend is fed the ball over on the right wing. He’s got time to cut onto his left foot and lift a cross into the box.
Elijah Adebayo is on hand to meet the ball in the air and he nods it home. Luton take the lead!
Luton 0-0 Man City
45 mins: Two minutes added on at the end of the first half. City are still pressing for the opening goal.
Luton 0-0 Man City
41 mins: Manchester City have taken a lot of shots and have increased the pressure on Luton but the home side haven’t flinched.
They are increasingly making Kenilworth Road a difficult place for teams to come to and win which should hold them in good stead as the season goes on.
Can they make it to half-time on level terms?
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