Man City vs Brentford LIVE: Score and updates from crucial Premier League clash

27 mins: Tijjani Reijnders is the latest to try his luck from outside the box.

He’s got time and space to shoot but the effort is always rising and flies over the crossbar without troubling the goalkeeper.

Igor Thiago receives the ball and flicks it past the City defence for Schade to chase down.

Schade looks to weave inside of Matheus Nunes who collides with the attacker and takes him out inside the box.

The City fans want a penalty but the referee lets play go on and VAR confirms his decision. The replays show that Schade went into Nunes instead of the other way around.

A good decision from the referee.

It’s Doku again who brings the ball forward on the left but decides to cut inside this time.

He lifts the ball into the box and picks out Erling Haaland who meets the ball with a fine header but just sends it off target!

18 mins: Doku wevaes into space on the left once again and easily breezes past Kayode.

His pull back pass into is cleared away by Jensen and out for a throw in to the home side.

15 mins: Brentford have been good value for the opening quarter of an hour.

They’ve pressed high and put some pressure on the City back line.

Jensen takes a shot from range and sees it blocked just inside the City box. Good stuff from the visitors.

12 mins: Kevin Schade makes a decent run through the lines but the pass over to him is, ever so slightly, too heavy which sends it closer to Nathan Ake.

Schade tries to beat Ake to the ball but collides with the defender and gives up a free kick to City.

Brentford come close to the opening goal but are denied by a goalline clearance.

Kayode’s throw in is launched into the box and flapped at by Gianluigi Donnarumma.

The ball drops into the six-yard area but there are no Brentford players near it and, Bernardo Silva I think, hooks it clear off the line.

6 mins: Keane Lewis-Potter swings a cross into the box from the left for Brentford but his pass is too high for any of his teammates to get on the end of.

The ball bounces out of play and the promising position for the visitors is wasted.

Man City come forward through the left flank with Jeremy Doku in possession.

He takes on Michael Kayode who backs off into his own box which allows Doku to fizz a low effort at goal only for Caoimhin Kelleher to drop and push the ball away with a strong left hand.

Brentford get the ball rolling at the Etihad Stadium with Mathias Jensen booting the ball long and up towards Igor Thiago.

The in-form striker can’t keep the ball in play and it goes out for a Man City goal kick.