Claims extracted
23
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Uncertain
13%
3 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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In a game characterised by poor defending, City struggled to kill off the fired-up visitors at the Etihad Stadium, with Brobbey a constant thorn in their side.
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Brobbey → characterise → side
Ultimately two goals from Antoine Semenyo and a late strike from Erling Haaland finished the job for City, for whom Enzo Fernandez and Rayan Cherki were also on target.
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Fernandez → finish → target
For new manager Enzo Maresca, however, it was at least a fifth successive league win and City head into the international break with a three-point lead at the top.
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City → head → top
City were given an early warning as Sunderland broke from deep and Enzo Le Fee played in Nilson Angulo but he steered wide.
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he → give → Angulo
Sunderland paid for that miss as Fernandez fired home from a ninth-minute free-kick after Iliman Ndiaye was brought down by Dayann Methalie.
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Ndiaye → pay → Methalie
Goalkeeper Robin Roefs left a huge gap at his near post having set up with only two men in the wall.
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Roefs → leave → wall
Fernandez took full advantage, curling in his first goal since his £125million move from Chelsea.
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Fernandez → take → Chelsea
Sunderland responded quickly and were back level three minutes later as Le Fee played a superb ball between Ruben Dias and Matheus Nunes and Brobbey deftly flicked beyond Gianluigi Donnarumma.
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Brobbey → respond → Donnarumma
Sunderland’s good work up front contrasted with that at the back, as an attempt to play out plunged them into more trouble.
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attempt → contrast → trouble
Kevin Danso gifted possession and confusion reigned before Cherki tucked in.
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Cherki → gift → possession
Again City could not hang onto the lead as Le Fee played in Thomas Meunier and his square pass was turned in by Brobbey.
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pass → hang → Brobbey
The goal was awarded after a lengthy VAR check for offside, leaving Donnarumma to vent his anger at the standard of Cherki’s defending.
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goal → award → defending
City regained the lead before the break after a Cherki cross led to more panic in the Sunderland area.
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cross → regain → area
The Black Cats claimed Marc Guehi handled but nothing was given and Semenyo lashed in
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Semenyo → claim → ?
Haaland should have had another but inexplicably missed an open goal after being teed up by Ndiaye and Brobbey was denied another when a shot took an awkward deflection and was palmed onto the bar by Donnarumma.
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shot → have → Donnarumma
City’s fourth came early in the second half as a Cherki pass intended for Haaland ricocheted off a defender and bobbled into the path of Semenyo.
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pass → come → Semenyo
Again he finished clinically.
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he → finish → ?
Yet still City were not convincing and more sloppy play allowed Sunderland back in.
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play → allow → Sunderland
Angulo brought down a long ball as he ran in at the back post and although his effort looked like it might cross the line, Brobbey took no chances and pounced to compete his treble.
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Brobbey → bring → treble
Remarkably it could have been 4-4 moments later as Donnarumma failed to deal with a cross and the ball bounced off Dias towards goal.
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ball → fail → goal
The Portuguese sprinted back to hook off the line.
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Portuguese → sprint → line
Typically it needed Haaland to finally put the result beyond doubt.
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Haaland → need → doubt
Making amends for his earlier miss, the Norwegian slid in at the back post to tap in after Josko Gvardiol broke clear down the left nine minutes from time.
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Gvardiol → make → time
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