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Adam Millington
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When a 16-year-old James Milner netted his first Premier League goal for Leeds against Sunderland in 2002, he probably would not have expected to be scoring another in the top flight 23 years later.

In converting from the penalty spot aged 39 years and 239 days in Brighton's 2-1 win against his former club Manchester City, Milner became the Premier League's second-oldest goalscorer, adding to the feat of being the second youngest when aged 16 years and 356 days.

Teddy Sheringham holds the oldest record at 40 years and 268 days when he scored for West Ham against Portsmouth on 26 December 2006, while James Vaughan was aged 16 years and 270 days when he netted for Everton against Crystal Palace on 10 April 2005.

Asked about the spot-kick which cancelled out Erling Haaland's opener and sparked Brighton's comeback success, Milner told Sky Sports "it's not the easiest thing, but my experience helped".

That highlights a standout aspect of his career and character. With 640 appearances, few can compete with his level of involvement in the top flight.

His goal ended a six-year drought, back to when he netted for Liverpool at Leicester City in 2019, yet the gap of 2,075 days is only the 50th longest in the Premier League.

Milner's former City and England team-mate Joe Hart said the versatile player - who turns 40 in January and can play at full-back or midfield - "still looks fit and fresh".

Such is the longevity of Milner's career, he has now scored in the Premier League against goalkeepers born in the 1960s, 1970s, 1990s and 2000s.

"An absolute legend of the game," is how he was described by former Middlesbrough keeper Mark Schwarzer on BBC Radio 5 Live.

"His longevity, his fitness... he came on today and scored an excellent penalty.

"When you need those experienced players to step up in moments he does, he was never going to shy away from it."

Johnny Cantor
BBC Radio Sussex reporter

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Brighton aren't expected to be very busy on deadline day having made moves for their key targets early in the window. Summer signings have been eased in, with only Maxim de Cuyper regularly featuring in the Seagulls' Premier League starting XI.

Head coach Fabian Hurzeler has reiterated that he is happy with the squad but not totally ruled out late business.

With Tariq Lamptey possibly set to leave, a right full-back could make sense - but Albion have several midfielders who can deputise for Joel Veltman.

Meanwhile, Matt O'Riley is set to join Marseille on loan and Jeremy Sarmiento, Julio Enciso and Facundo Buonanotte are all expected to leave.

Following Joao Pedro's move to Chelsea and Evan Ferguson's departure on loan to Roma, Danny Welbeck is the only recognised number nine, but Giorginio Rutter can push higher up the pitch.

Stephanos Tzimas, Babis Kostoulas and Tommy Watson are young and developing attacking talents who will only improve, but they may have to be patient for their chance.

Last week, a smiling Hurzeler gave a few hints that there may be some possible late arrivals, but you feel he will remain satisfied with his options if nothing materialises.

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We asked for your views on what is still needed by Brighton on transfer deadline day.

Here are some of your comments:

Rufus: Try and get Kobbie Mainoo on loan from Manchester United as he is just as good as Carlos Baleba and will add to midfield depth.

Dyl: One word - striker. We need a striker that can finish. The reason we can't kill games off is because we don't have a lethal finisher. There are so many options for strikers but the manager needs to spend money on people we need rather than more defenders.

Tony: I'm worried that Stefanos Tzimas and Charalampos Kostoulas will take time to get up to speed, and in the meantime we might struggle to score. I feel that we are perhaps one proven Premier League striker short. I'm a big fan of Jorgen Strand Larsen. He seems the ideal fit, but clearly Wolves don't want to sell and we'll need to part with a huge fee to get him.

Derek: Harvey Elliott is totally worth the sum if Liverpool will let him go.

Anthony: If Fabian Hurzeler is going to insist on not playing Tzimas in the league, I still think we need to bring in a proven striker. I don't think an approach for Aleksandar Mitrovic on a deal until the end of the season is as ridiculous as it might sound. It's difficult to not be worried about our lack of converting chances in the league and we're only two games in.

Peter: Keep Baleba - plain and simple.

Baltos: Basically, stick with the squad as it is. However, it is imperative that we don't let any star names go, Karou Mitoma and Baleba especially. If Chelsea come knocking, take the offer price and double it!

Today is the second transfer deadline day of the summer following a brief closure in June because of the Club World Cup.

In a change to previous windows, clubs only have until 19:00 BST to complete deals, bringing the Premier League in line with the EFL, Italy's Serie A, France's Ligue 1 and Germany's Bundesliga. The window in Scotland and Spain remains open until 23:00 BST.

It has already been a hectic window - with a number of storylines still to be resolved - but whether it turns out to be a day of transfer action or a pretty quiet one for your club, you will be able to keep across it all on BBC Sport.

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We asked for your thoughts after Sunday's Premier League game between Brighton and Manchester City.

Here are some of your comments:

Brighton fans

Tony: First, Fabian Hurzeler deserves great credit for the quadruple substitution that turned the game on its head. We were very poor until that point. However, I was surprised by City's decline. They are a shadow of their former selves. Their first-half display was possibly the most cynical and negative I have ever witnessed.

Fran: Sloppy and sluggish first half, but the subs again made the difference. I thought James Milner used his experience and we looked a totally different side. Deserved to win.

Chris: Same old one poor half and one good half. A relief to finally get three points - especially against City - after three games, but worry is for another season of inconsistency under Hurzler.

Jane: Subs made all the difference. Surely some of these guys need to start the next game? I would also suggest the new strikers should at least be on the bench, otherwise the money is wasted, isn't it?

Man City fans

Silvio: Pep Guardiola must go! His type of game is over. It would only work with outstanding talents and he no longer has them. Other teams know how to outsmart his tactics and he destroys talented players by de-skilling them - look what he did with Jack Grealish and look how he is performing under Moyes. Tiki-taka football might give you possession, but once you lose the ball you're wide open. He must go.

Ged: Pass, pass, backwards, sideways, pass, sideways - repeat endlessly without any end product. Arrogance, laziness and redundant tactics. The game has changed, Pep - change with it. There is no fear factor when playing City any more. If bringing on Jeremy Doku and Rico Lewis to try to change the game is the answer, then we really are bereft of originality. The only saving grace is that there are plenty of games left.

Mark: Taxi for Pep. No improvement from last season. Same predictable, sterile football. Boring. The club is now more interested in making money than winning trophies. Transfers in the past two seasons have been atrocious. Bring back Vincent Kompany.

Paul: Out of the title race in August. Same issues as last year - no intensity and can't defend.

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• Brighton 2-1 Manchester City

• Nottingham Forest 0-3 West Ham

• Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal

• Aston Villa 0-3 Crystal Palace

Adwaidh Rajan
BBC Sport journalist

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An impressive second-half display helped Brighton come back from behind to defeat Manchester City 2-1 and get their first win of the Premier League season.

The Seagulls have had a difficult start to their league campaign as they were cruelly denied an opening day win against Fulham by a 97th-minute equaliser from Rodrigo Muniz.

They then were beaten 2-0 at Everton after Fabian Hurzeler's side spurned a number of chances in the first half.

And it looked like more of the same script for much of the first half against Pep Guardiola's City on Sunday.

But Hurzeler proved why he is one of the most promising managers in the business with a quadruple change at the hour mark which turned the game on its head.

Brajan Gruda and James Milner, who both scored, were among the substitutes along with Georginio Rutter and Yasin Ayari.

Milner, wearing the number 20 shirt, converted from the penalty to draw level and paid tribute to his former team-mate Diogo Jota with his celebration.

But the Seagulls continued to probe and forced City goalkeeper James Trafford into one save after another before Gruda rounded him and finished into an open goal to help his side get a much-needed victory.

With confidence restored, Brighton will make a trip to Bournemouth for their next game after international break on 14 September.

Fabian Hurzeler spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Brighton's victory against Manchester City: "Sometimes football is not too much about tactics. It's about energy, intensity and togetherness on the pitch. The substitutes came in and made the difference. You always can spread energy and it gives your teammates and the whole crowd energy and that is very important in football.

"What we did after we scored the goal and the subs is that we had the belief. We weren't happy and satisfied with the 1-1, we want to go for the second and we deserved it.

"Pep [Guardiola] is for me the best coach in the world and it is always a big challenge to face him. He always had new ideas and you have to adapt. It is always the biggest challenge to compete against him but it's not a one man show it is a team performance, and I am very happy that my players delivered that on the pitch, they committed to each other, suffered together.

On James Milner's penalty: "He proved already in training, that's why he was chosen to take it today. So I am very happy for him. Not only for the goal but he is still a very important personality and player on the pitch for us. He came on and brought energy and organised it, so I am happy for him."

Milner also spoke after Sunday's victory: "I thought last season might be my last [because of injury]. It's nice to get it [the goal] in a victory. I'm delighted for the boys. In the first two games we didn't feel we got what we deserved. This win was a real squad effort. It was a great move by the manager [to make four changes at once]. The least we can do is come on and try and lift the tempo.

On his tribute to his former team-mate Diogo Jota: "It was horrific [what happened to him]. He was a great guy and a great team-mate. I loved him as both. I've not scored [in the Premier League] for six years and I was wearing his number. Obviously I've got help from the great man."

"Football is not about tactics, it's about intensity and energy you bring on the pitch. That's what we showed today.

"Today we had to believe, players always have to believe and I have to believe in my team. With the subs we had that belief and we had the crowd with us. When the crowd is there, the stadium is unbelievable and it was very helpful for us.

"You have to know the characters of the players. Who is bringing energy, who is organising. We thought we needed more energy so that was the thinking behind the four subs. They delivered when they came on. But four players cannot change the game so it is always a team performance with the players who are already on the pitch.

"A great performance from the skipper. The defence were impressive, to stop [Erling] Haaland is not easy. There was great confidence between the defenders and made it look really good."

Did you know?

James Milner's penalty – his first Premier League goal since Boxing Day 2019 for Liverpool – made him the oldest ever penalty scorer in a Premier League game and the second oldest scorer ever (39 years, 239 days), behind Teddy Sheringham (40 years, 268 days).

Whether you were at the game or following from elsewhere, we want to know what you learned.

Have your say on Brighton's performance

What did you make of Man City's display?

Come back to this page on Monday to find a selection of your replies

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler makes three changes from the 2-0 defeat by Everton last week.

Diego Gomez, Jack Hinshelwood and Joel Veltman are among the starters as Matt O'Riley, Yasin Ayari and Mats Wieffer miss out.

Brighton XI: Verbruggen, Dunk, Van Hecke, Minteh, Hinshelwood, Baleba, Welbeck, Mitoma, Gomez, De Cuyper, Veltman.

Subs: Steele, Gruda, Rutter, Milner, Boscagli, Kadioglu, Ayari, O'Riley, Coppola

The big news from the Manchester City camp is that Pep Guardiola has insisted with James Trafford in the goal with Ederson's future at the club uncertain.

They make four changes from the 2-0 defeat by Tottenham last week, including a first start for Rodri since a 2-2 draw with Arsenal in September 2024. Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov and Bernardo Silva also come in.

Manchester City XI: Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Marmoush, Rodri, Silva, Ait-Nouri, Nunes, Khusanov, Bobb, Haaland.

Subs: Ederson, Dias, Ake, Doku, Gonzalez, Gundogan, Akanji, O'Reilly, Lewis.

There are four games in the Premier League on Saturday and BBC Sport will bring you every moment.

• Brighton v Man City - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live

• Nottingham Forest v West Ham - listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2

• Liverpool v Arsenal (16:30) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live

• Aston Villa v Crystal Palace (19:00)

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Which Manchester City side will we see? I said last week on Football Focus and Final Score that the goalkeepeing situation with James Trafford worries the life out of me. I don't think he should be playing ahead of Ederson, even if there is talk of Ederson leaving.

Brighton should've won their first game against Fulham - they didn't and then they lost to Everton despite having a fair few chances.

This match could be anything. I think we'll find out a lot about Manchester City and whether they can be challengers because Brighton away is a difficult fixture.

Last season I backed City on so many occasions saying they'd bounce back. I got so many of the predictions wrong after they did the exact opposite and stayed on their bad run.

There's a strong chance I'll be wrong again, wouldn't be the first time, but I'm going to revert back to last season's technique and say City will pinch this.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Read the full predictions and have your say here

It's transfer deadline day tomorrow, with the window closing at 19:00 BST.

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