Man City vs Brentford LIVE: Kelleher denies Haaland opening goal with fine double save in Premier League clash

45+2 mins: As things stand Man City will be dropping more points in the title race.

City need to score after the break but Brentford have been good value at keeping them at bay.

45 mins: Just the two minutes of added time to play before the end of the first half.

42 mins: If Man City score it’ll be because of Jeremy Doku.

He’s creating everything for the hosts but none of his teammates can get on the end of his passes into the box.

Can Brentford get to half-time without conceding?

39 mins: City have started to take control of possession and they’ve forced Brentford to defend deep inside their own half.

Guardiola’s men are reluctant to shoot though and eventually they lose the ball.

36 mins: Ake makes a run on the outside of Cherki and Doku and keeps the ball alive at the byline.

His cutback is sent out for a corner.

City play it short and quick before running it into the box and then out of play.

33 mins: Man City are being encouraged by the crowd but they’re struggling to get a clear cut chance.

Rayan Cherki has a shot blocked on the edge of the box but that’s about the extent of City’s progress so far.

30 mins: Save!

Great work from Kelleher. Doku again causes the issue with his run into the box from the left. He pulls the ball to Haaland who guides it towards goal.

Kelleher palms the initial effort away and then jumps on top of Ake’s follow up to deny City the opener.

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.

24 mins: Oh!

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.

Or does he?

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.

21 mins: Close!

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!