A late Erling Haaland double allied to a brace of Maxime Esteve own goals and a Matheus Nunes strike fired City to a deserved 5-1 Etihad win over Burnley on our return to Premier League action.
City had taken a 12th minute lead via Esteve’s first own goal after initial fine work from Jeremy Doku.
But against the run of the play, Scott Parker’s visitors then drew level seven minutes before the break thanks to a Jaidon Anthony strike.
However, City’s persistence and patience was rewarded on 61 minutes when Nunes fired home a brilliant 12-yard volley to restore our advantage.
And within four minutes the Blues pulled further ahead as the unfortunate Esteve again put into his own net under pressure from substitute Oscar Bobb just moments after the Norwegian had come on from the bench.
A fine afternoon’s work was then rounded off when Haaland, who had provided the assist for Nunes, twice struck late on to take his tally for the season for club and country to a remarkable 13 goals and move City up to third in the table.
The brace also saw Erling power into the top 10 scorers in City’s history making it 133 goals in 153 appearances
His 92 and 93rd league efforts, it also meant he has now scored more Premier League goals than any other Norwegian, surpassing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.