The very day Josep Pep Guardiola touched down to manage Manchester City in the English Premier League, a lot of things changed not just for the club but the entire competition.

Coming from a dominating club in the Spanish league, Guardiola transformed Manchester City to another powerhouse winning more EPL titles than other teams and even climaxing it with a Champions League.

His style of play was so scary that many teams found it hard to penetrate until recent times. The code has finally been cracked and many teams are making use of it.

Last season wasn’t a season Pep would have wanted although he managed a top four spot but this season might be another hurdle to overcome.

Opening their EPL account with an emphatic win over Wolverhampton Wonderers, it was have been supposed by many it was going to be a good season until they played against Tottenham Hotspur’s.

In a pre-match interview, Pep Guardiola hinted that the player he is weary of going into their game against Spurs was Kudus and he sure nailed it as Kudus gave his team a real hard time.

Brighton hosted Manchester City in their third game of the season and the result surely wasn’t what many City fans and Pep expected.

City surely doesn’t fight possession as they will always dominate but when it mattered most, they slip up.

An Omar Marmoush and Erling Haaland link up gave Manchester City the lead in the 34’ with the hopes of adding more goals but never happened.

Brighton have always been a tactically disciplined team and they started to showcase what they had in stock.

In the 67’, James Milner scored from a spot-kick after VAR awarded Brighton a penalty to bring his team to level pegging.

At this point, Pep Guardiola was done, his aura was completely different, the once feared manager is now the stepping stone for many.

Brighton were out for the win and they proved it by landing seven (7) shots on target against three (3) by City.

In the 89’, Brajan Gruda latched onto a Mitoma assist calmly swivelled past the City defenders and made sure to see James Trafford craw before slotting the ball in to give the hosts a lead.

The Amex Stadium was ablaze, City was down and Brighton were doing every right at this point.

Manchester City in their first three games have managed three (3) points with Pep already feeling the heat in the dugout.