Man City vs Brentford LIVE: Result and final score as Haaland brace completes comeback win

The players go through their final preparations here before the centre circle sees a moment of reflection and appreciation for Sven-Goran Eriksson. The Swedish managerial legend's funeral took place earlier in the week. Brentford look set to get us started here.

Today's head official is Darren Bond. His team consists of assistants Adrian Holmes and Simon Long and fourth official Ben Toner. Darren England and Harry Lennard are on VAR duty. The referee leads the players out and the Premier League anthem blares.

Bees' boss Thomas Frank makes two changes to his side that beat Southampton last time out. In come Sepp van den Berg and Keane Lewis-Potter while Kevin Schade drops to the bench and Mathias Jensen is not involved. Kristoffer Ajer’s foot problem has cleared up in time for this trip to City, yet Joshua Dasilva, Rico Henry, Igor Thiago and Aaron Hickey remain on Brentford’s injury list.

BRENTFORD SUBSTITUTES: Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson, Ben Mee, Jayden Meghoma, Mads Roerslev, Ryan Trevitt, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Yunus Emre Konak, Fabio Carvalho, Kevin Schade.

BRENTFORD (4-3-3): Mark Flekken; Vitaly Janelt, Ethan Pinnock, Sepp van den Berg, Nathan Collins; Mikkel Damsgaard, Christian Norgaard, Kristoffer Ajer; Keane Lewis-Potter, Yoane Wissa, Bryan Mbeumo.

Pep Guardiola was asked if he’d have his star man Erling Haaland available for this one after the Norwegian striker suffered a bereavement this week, yet Haaland is in the starting line-up this afternoon. Guardiola makes four changes to the side that beat West Ham 3-1 last time out with Ruben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Bernardo Silva and Jeremy Doku all dropping to the bench. In come Kyle Walker, John Stones, Savinho and Ilkay Gundogan, making his first start since rejoining the club. City are without Nathan Ake after he picked up an ankle injury on international duty. Rodri has yet to play for the champions this season, but after featuring in Spain’s 4-1 Nations League win over Switzerland last weekend, he could emerge from the bench today.

MANCHESTER CITY SUBSTITUTES: Stefan Ortega, Josko Gvardiol, Ruben Dias, James McAtee, Matheus Nunes, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Jeremy Doku, Phil Foden.

MANCHESTER CITY (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Rico Lewis, John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Kyle Walker; Mateo Kovacic, Ilkay Gundogan; Jack Grealish, Kevin De Bruyne, Savinho; Erling Haaland.

Manchester City won their last Premier League match 3-1 at London Stadium against West Ham United, marking their third straight win. Brentford's last league outing saw them triumph 3-1 over Southampton at home, putting them in sixth place on six points in the early-season table. When the two sides last met in league action, City emerged victorious 1-0 at the Etihad last term with Erling Haaland scoring the lone goal for City in the 71st minute.

Hello everyone, welcome to this live text coverage of Manchester City v Brentford as the season sparks back into life after the international break. This fixture sees two in-form sides meet. Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City are top of the league, having won their first three Premier League games this season and are, of course, powered by their Norwegian talisman Erlinhg Haaland. Already, he has seven goals this season (the best in the league), including a pair of hat-tricks. Today City welcome Brentford to the Etihad. Thomas Frank’s side have had a relatively bright start too. They’ve won two and lost one - that match against Liverpool, the only side other than City with a 100 per cent record this term.