Toney scores twice as Brentford stun Man City

Brentford striker Ivan Toney struck twice to give his side a shock 2-1 victory at champions Manchester City on Saturday in their final Premier League game before the World Cup break.

The Bees forward, left out of Gareth Southgate's squad for Qatar this week, netted a stoppage-time winner at the Etihad Stadium to condemn City to a shock loss in their final match before the break.

Toney, outstanding throughout, had put Brentford ahead on 16 minutes only for Phil Foden to level on the stroke of half-time.

Both sides had opportunities in the second half but Toney had the final say deep into the 10 minutes of time added on, ending City’s run of 11 straight home league wins.

The talk pre-match had surrounded the return of Erling Haaland to the City starting line-up after injury but he was overshadowed by Toney.

Brentford had not won away all season and few gave them much chance of altering that statistic at City.

Yet manager Thomas Frank had promised to take the game to the champions and they delivered.

The Bees opened City up twice in the early stages only to be thwarted by home goalkeeper Ederson on both occasions.

Frank Onyeka had the first opportunity when he raced through one on one but Ederson stood up well.

A Rico Henry run then had City back-pedalling again and Ederson's failure to claim his cross allowed Bryan Mbuemo to tee up Toney but the keeper recovered to beat away his shot.

It was a gilt-edged chance but Toney did not rue his miss for long as he made amends by giving his side the lead soon after.

David Raya launched a long free-kick towards the box and Ben Mee jumped highest to nod on. Toney reacted quickly, beating Aymeric Laporte to flick a looping header over Ederson.

City responded strongly but were repeatedly