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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 21: Manuel Akanji of Manchester City receives a red card from Referee … [+] Rob Jones during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Brighton & Hove Albion at Etihad Stadium on October 21, 2023 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images) Getty Images In the closing stages of Manchester City’s win against Brighton and Hove Albion, the current Premier League champions found themselves at a numerical disadvantage. Having already been booked for a foul in the first half, Manuel Akanji decided to pull an opponent’s as they span away to launch an attack. Referee Rob Jones reached into his pocket to produce a red card and, whilst the Swiss midfielder may have flapped his arms in protest, it was hardly a controversial decision. The upshot of his stoppage time misdeed is that the defender will miss the game against Manchester United next weekend. Taken in isolation a silly red card at the end of a game that was eventually won can be written off. But the problem is Akanji’s sending-off comes immediately after influential midfielder Rodri’s three-game suspension. Arguably it could or should be even worse than that with Mateo Kovacic incredibly lucky to avoid being given his marching orders in the previous Premier League match with Arsenal. All of which begs the question: Does Manchester City have a problem with discipline? The two red cards accumulated this season are already double the figure for the last campaign and match the total for each of the back-to-back league-winning campaigns. It is tellingly that you have to go back to the 2019/20 season to find a period when City had a worse discipline record, racking up four red cards that year. That campaign was the last City failed to win the league, a year…

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