Falmer [UK], Phil Foden scored twice as Manchester City recorded a emphatic 4-0 win over Brighton in the Premier League on Thursday night, reducing their deficit on table-toppers Arsenal to just one point. Arsenal moved four points ahead of the defending champions after beating Chelsea while Liverpool had a game in hand behind Everton. Ederson made a save to prevent Danny Welbeck from striking for Brighton Boo City, in the 17th minute Kevin De Bruyne headed a header from 12 yards past Kyle Walker into the net. Julian Alvarez was replacing the injured Erling Haaland and also had a shot on goal. Foden gets a free-kick from the edge of the box.Bernardo Silva cut out Valetín Barco's pass and the ball fell to Foden, who wasted no time in firing the ball into the net in the 26th minute. Eight minutes later Foden got a brace and City tripled their lead. At the other end, Alvarez was also trying for the goal and this was his third attempt where he got the goal. Ederson found Walker with a long pass on the left side of Brighton and he powered it into the area and the ball eventually reached Álvarez, who eventually managed to score in the 62nd minute. The scoreline remained intact till full time.After the game, City manager Pep Guardiola was quoted by Sky Sports as saying, "The statement is three points. It's the only statement. We'll get home this morning. Then the day after tomorrow, we have to fly to Nottingham and another one we We know what we have to do to try to get to the end and fight to become champions. “We came here.We know the strength of Brighton. In the first half we got the full rhythm to play. We got Phil. We scored at all the right moments and we got here for the first time. Second, I don't know if he was fouled.In those moments we punished them. It's always hard being away from Brighton. Premier League teams know this. Speaking on the title race, the City boss said, "It's difficult to catch [Arsena] on goal difference. The gap is so big.They score a lot of goals, they don't concede goals. The goal is to win the game. We've still got five games left, it's a lot at one time. What happened to Liverpool against Crystal Palace and Everton can happen to us too. It can happen with Arsenal. No one is safe from him so stay calm, be happy to win today.The players are still there. Will not go well and will think about the next one,” he concluded. With this win, City are second with 76 points from 33 games, while Arsenal have 77 points from 34 games.