Erling Haaland marked his return from injury with two goals as Manchester City kept up their pursuit of Arsenal with a 4-1 win at Southampton.
Match Report
City's eighth win on the bounce in all competitions took them back to within five points of Arsenal, who travel to Anfield to face Liverpool on Super Sunday.
After an underwhelming first 44 minutes, City blasted into action when Haaland rose to bullet home Kevin De Bruyne's cross meaning the Belgian became the fastest player to reach 100 Premier League assists, taking just 237 games.
Jack Grealish scored back-to-back for the first time in his City career when adding a second before Haaland stole the show with a devastating acrobatic finish to take his tally for the season to 30 Premier League goals and 44 in all competitions. He is just five goals away from breaking Andy Cole (93/94) and Alan Shearer's (94/95) Premier League record of 34 goals in a single season.
Sekou Mara got Saints on the board with a tidy finish but City restored the three-goal cushion a minute later when Julian Alvarez scored from the spot after De Bruyne had been fouled.
It was another demoralising defeat for Southampton, who remain bottom of the Premier League and four points from safety.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
6' Bazunu makes decent save to stop Grealish
36' Yellow Card! Stones booked
41' CHANCE! Haaland header over the bar
45' GOAL! Southampton 0-1 Man City (Haaland)
52' CLOSE! Gündoğan’s shot wide out
58' GOAL! Southampton 0-2 Man City (Grealish)
68' GOAL! Southampton 0-3 Man City (Haaland)
72' GOAL! Southampton 1-3 Man City (Sékou Mara)
75' Penalty Goal! Southampton 1-4 Man City (Julián Álvarez)
Line-ups
Southampton XI: Walcott, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Ward-Prowse, Bednarek, Maitland-Niles, Walker-Peters, Gavin Bazunu, Bella-Kotchap, Carlos Alcaraz, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Roméo Lavia
Subs: McCarthy, Armstrong, Caleta-Car, Paul Onuachu, Perraud, Djenepo, I. Diallo, Sékou Mara, Samuel Edozie
Man City XI: Gundogan, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Ake, Stones, Ederson, Grealish, Ruben Dias, Akanji, Rodri, Haaland
Subs: Walker, Stefan Ortega, Laporte, Bernardo, Kalvin Phillips, Sergio Gómez, Cole Palmer, Julián Álvarez, Rico Lewis
eggosa91
860
I will be real here kdb is better than Gerrard ✌️😎
maturidikxith
707
oddegard and bruno no way near to compare to KDB 😤 , HE is different class💎
Jimmyswaggar
619
even though arsenal fans threw bottle at debruyne they still gonna bottle the league
eggosa91
588
Alvarez Is really learning from the best Leo Messi
eggosa91
585
kdb17 the best mid filder in the world ✅ CR7 the best player in the world ✅ ..... debate close come tomorrow 😏
AbrarIhsan36
553
This guy is unstoppable lately
N0_N0NsENSE
552
With Haaland in the team Goals are guaranteed even before the game starts.🎯🎯
KennedyBafeol
499
He is back 🔥🔥🔥
AbrarIhsan36
489
Let's take a moment and appreciate this guy
Bless_Brian
456
I’ll find you and I’ll assist You 😎
Paciottispiritman
453
He understands the game before the kick off 😫❤️
abcdefghik
409
If we win UCL this guy deserves a STATUE
AbrarIhsan36
400
Haaland is on a mission
N0_N0NsENSE
400
Goals in 3 consecutive games for the world champion JULIAN ALVAREZ 🇦🇷😍
Doxmang
359
Guardiola is the fastest manager ever to reach 100 home wins in the Premier League (128 games), after having broken Wenger's previous record of 139 games 💫🙌🐐🐐🐐👏🌹
dandelion
347
The GIF is already here, my pleasure: http://www.goalgif.xyz/v2/live/matchGifs?match_id=53396712&language=en
eggosa91
291
*Respect the man who chose assist over goal __kdb @100epl_assist*
eggosa91
196
nobody is talking about jack 😢 .... he was man of the match for me give him is credit also ✌️💙
Kingval60
194
Nobody is talking about jack grealish a player with zero haters An underrated player in the premier let's give him the love he deserves it
ghost80
192
100 million is now working 💪 super jack 👏
Lauralee
173
Goals scored in the Premier League this season: 🔥Erling Haaland-30 💧Chelsea-29 👀🤯
BFanzy
132
Haaland goals will soon pass Chelsea points in the table 😢😂
Mr-Awesome
105
Pep everytime Haaland wants to break a record 😂
abcdefghik
97
This GOAL was sensectional
kugesuon
90
Kevin De Bruyne becomes just the FIFTH player in Premier League history to reach 100 assists. 🔥
realBull
28
I will be real here kdb is better than Gerrard ✌️😎
[image]
Not even a debate. KDB is arguably the best midfielder in epl history.
FaithEvans
15
I will be real here kdb is better than Gerrard ✌️😎
[image]
Of course, he is.
neomnosuz
12
kdb17 the best mid filder in the world ✅ CR7 the best player in the world ✅ ..... debate close come tomorrow 😏
[image]
just a correction cr7 the best player in 🐫league not in the world please
nipabclpyz
9
oddegard and bruno no way near to compare to KDB 😤 , HE is different class💎
[image]
bro...how can you compare this two with KDB....they're still very far from his level abeg .
Juoiknopty
9
I will be real here kdb is better than Gerrard ✌️😎
[image]
KDB is the best midfielder in premier league history for my side
Kuydilruy
8
Nobody is talking about jack grealish a player with zero haters An underrated player in the premier let's give him the love he deserves it
[image]
The boy said Underrated and the player with zero haters [Crylaugh][Crylaugh] Even man city fans hated him for his failure to live up to the hype.