Premier League Premier League
Regular Season - 5• 20 Sept 2026

Manchester City 5–3 Sunderland

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Match Recap

Brian Brobbey walked into the Etihad and left with the match ball, scoring in the 12th, 33rd and 59th minutes, but it barely mattered as Manchester City tore through Sunderland's defense for five. Enzo Fernández broke the deadlock inside nine minutes, Rayan Cherki added a third before the half, and Antoine Semenyo answered Brobbey's hat-trick with a brace of his own either side of the hour, turning a wild afternoon into an 8-goal Premier League shootout. City stretched their perfect start to four wins from four and 12 points, top of the table, while Sunderland slipped to 14th with just one win in four. The head-to-head history barely hinted at this: City had only edged one of their last two meetings with Sunderland. Erling Haaland still sits alone at the top of the scoring charts, untouched by either side's fireworks here. Three goals in one game from Brobbey, five conceded by City's back line, and still a City win — watch how Brobbey's hat-trick nearly wrecked the champions' perfect record.

Match Statistics

Manchester City
VS
Sunderland
55% Ball Possession 45%
16 Total Shots 17
6 Shots on target 9
5 Shots off target 5
5 Blocked Shots 3
12 Shots inside box 14
4 Shots outside box 3
6 Corner Kicks 5
14 Fouls 14
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
4 Goalkeeper Saves 1
470 Total passes 384
403 Accurate passes 312
14 Free Kicks 14

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