The hat-trick man is back – if he was ever away. Erling Haaland’s fourth Premier League treble swept him to 25 competition goals, 31 in all, and may signal Manchester City are again the slick winning machine Pep Guardiola demanded.
The win takes the champions to two behind Arsenal ahead of the leaders later game on Sunday afternoon against Manchester United. Haaland, as he does, made scoring appear child’s play – his strikes came in a 17-minute exhibition – and so Guardiola, for today at least, can be pleased with the response to the scattergun call to arms that came after CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON www.theguardian.com
