Manchester City put in a dominant performance against Wolves away as they won 3-0 to leapfrog Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table.
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Jack Grealish took just 55 seconds to open the scoring as he latched on to a Kevin De Bruyne cross to poke home in the box, before striker Erling Haaland netted his 11th Premier League goal in seven games.
Wolves were reduced to 10 men on 33 minutes as Nathan Collins jumped for a loose ball and caught Grealish with his studs in the midriff, receiving a straight red card. After the break, with midfielder Ruben Neves pushed back into the centre of Wolves’ defence, the game was tighter but City strolled their way to all three points after Phil Foden slotted home from another De Bruyne cross.
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1. Haaland does it again…
It was one of those days where City’s opponents will be happy to keep the score below 10. Wolves were 2-0 down and a man down after just 33 minutes and at that point the home supporters inside Molineux were fearing the worst. Grealish had already opened the scoring after just 55 seconds before Haaland got his customary goal — picking the ball up outside the box, running at Max Kilman and shooting low past Jose Sa. It’s now 14 goals in 10 games for Haaland, who has found the net in each of his last seven appearances.
The Norway international also became the first player in Premier League history to score in their first four away games and his goal-scoring streak shows little sign of stopping. The 22-year-old will probably feel he could have had more, especially after Collins was sent off for an ugly-looking challenge on Grealish, but in the second half Pep Guardiola’s side seemed content with knocking the ball around and running down the clock.
Foden added a third midway…
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