Manchester City will take a break after a 1-2 defeat to Brentford at Etihad Stadium on Saturday before traveling to Qatar for the World Cup.
Brentford applied pressure to Pep Guardiola’s side, and it paid off when Ivan Toney scored in the first fifteen minutes to put the visitors ahead.
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Citizens continued to ask questions, and VAR ruled out three potential penalties within 90 seconds of the game’s end, at 27 minutes.
Phil Foden equalized for the hosts 45+1 minutes before the break, bringing the score to 1-1.
Manchester City dominated the game, with Kevin De Bryne and Erling Haaland both missing chances.
However, the hosts were punished when the Bees launched a counter-attack, with Toney converting Josh Dasilva’s pass at 90+8 minutes.
This season, Toney has ten goals in fourteen games for Thomas Frank’s team.
Arsenal will top the league table at Christmas for the first time in ten years as a result of City’s defeat.
