Pep Guardiola has sent a clear message of intent to Manchester City’s chief decision makers over the club’s strategy moving forward into the next campaign.City are set to undergo a major squad

while Brighton got the better of Nico Gonzalez a couple of times, the first to win a free kick that was put away by Estupinan, and the second when Joao Pedro won a duel with the Spaniard and took it round him, before the visitors won the corner that ended with Abdukodir Khusanov’s own goal.

BrightonCity lost at Nottingham Forest last weekend to throw more doubt over whether or not they will finish in the Champions League qualification spots, and they twice coughed up a lead against Brighton to draw this weekend.