The citizens won this Wednesday, April 20, against Brighton, currently tenth in the Premier League, with a score of three goals to zero, at the Emirates stadium, in a late match of the 30th day of the Premier League and regain the top spot with 77 pts. Liverpool will have held the first place for only twenty-four hours.

Manchester City doubted in the match for 54 minutes. It took until the 55th minute to finally see Rihad Marhez, the Algerian striker, open the score. About 10 minutes later, in the 65th minute, Phil Foden imitated Marhez before Portuguese Bernado Silva added to the score in the 82nd minute.

Manchester City took time to score, but won and moved back ahead of Liverpool, who had been leading the table since Tuesday.