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Erling Haaland has reached 30 Premier League goals quicker than any player in the competition's historyErling Haaland scored twice, including a superb bicycle kick, as Manchester City reduced the gap to Premier League leaders Arsenal to five points with a comfortable victory at relegation-threatened Southampton.
Haaland, absent from City's previous league win over Liverpool with a groin injury, displayed his athleticism to meet Jack Grealish's cross for City's third and take his remarkable league tally this season to 30 goals in 27 games.
Kevin de Bruyne registered his 100th Premier League assist as he set up Haaland to give dominant City a half-time lead at St Mary's, before Grealish continued his impressive post-World Cup form as he beat Gavin Bazunu at the second time of asking.
Sekou Mara emerged from the Saints bench to reduce the deficit following Haaland's acrobatic second, but just 75 seconds later City were awarded a penalty for a foul on De Bruyne which Julian Alvarez calmly converted.
It completed an eighth consecutive win in all competitions for Pep Guardiola's side, who maintained the pressure on Arsenal before the Gunners face Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday (16:30 BST).
Southampton remain four points adrift of safety at the bottom of the table and time is running out for Ruben Selles and his players to rescue their situation.
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Southampton
Squad number31Player nameBazunu
Squad number3Player nameMaitland-Niles
Squad number35Player nameBednarek
Squad number37Player nameBella-Kotchap
Squad number2Player nameWalker-Peters
Squad number45Player nameLavia
Squad number8Player nameWard-Prowse
Squad number24Player nameElyounoussi
Squad number32Player nameWalcott
Squad number26Player nameAlcaraz
Squad number20Player nameSulemana
Squad number15Player namePerraud
Squad number17Player nameS Armstrong
Squad number18Player nameMara
Squad number19Player nameDjenepo
Squad number27Player nameDiallo
Manchester City
Squad number31Player nameEderson
Squad number6Player nameAké- Squad number3Player nameRúben Dias
- Squad number25Player nameAkanji
- Squad number16Player nameRodri
Squad number8Player nameGündogan
Squad number17Player nameDe Bruyne
Squad number5Player nameStones- Squad number9Player nameHaaland
Squad number26Player nameMahrez- Squad number10Player nameGrealish
Squad number2Player nameWalker- Squad number4Player namePhillips
- Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez
Squad number20Player nameBernardo Silva- Squad number21Player nameGómez
Line-ups
Southampton
Formation 4-3-3
- 31Bazunu
- 3Maitland-Niles
- 35Bednarek
- 37Bella-Kotchap
- 2Walker-Peters
- 45LaviaSubstituted forDialloat 80'minutes
- 8Ward-Prowse
- 24ElyounoussiSubstituted forS Armstrongat 61'minutes
- 32WalcottSubstituted forPerraudat 80'minutes
- 26AlcarazSubstituted forDjenepoat 69'minutes
- 20SulemanaSubstituted forMaraat 69'minutes
Substitutes
- 1McCarthy
- 6Caleta-Car
- 12Onuachu
- 15Perraud
- 17S Armstrong
- 18Mara
- 19Djenepo
- 23Edozie
- 27Diallo
Man City
Formation 3-2-4-1
- 31Ederson
- 6AkéSubstituted forGómezat 81'minutes
- 3Rúben Dias
- 25Akanji
- 16RodriSubstituted forPhillipsat 81'minutes
- 8Gündogan
- 17De Bruyne
- 5StonesBooked at 36minsSubstituted forWalkerat 56'minutes
- 9HaalandBooked at 56minsSubstituted forÁlvarezat 69'minutes
- 26MahrezSubstituted forBernardo Silvaat 56'minutes
- 10Grealish
Substitutes
- 2Walker
- 4Phillips
- 14Laporte
- 18Ortega
- 19Álvarez
- 20Bernardo Silva
- 21Gómez
- 80Palmer
- 82Lewis
Referee:Robert Jones
Attendance:30,963
Live Text
Match ends, Southampton 1, Manchester City 4.
Second Half ends, Southampton 1, Manchester City 4.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Kyle Walker-Peters.
Foul by Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).
Moussa Djenepo (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Kyle Walker (Manchester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Romain Perraud (Southampton).
Substitution, Manchester City. Kalvin Phillips replaces Rodri.
Substitution, Manchester City. Sergio Gómez replaces Nathan Aké.
Substitution, Southampton. Romain Perraud replaces Theo Walcott.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Southampton. Ibrahima Diallo replaces Roméo Lavia because of an injury.
Delay in match because of an injury Roméo Lavia (Southampton).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Southampton).
Attempt blocked. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
Goal! Southampton 1, Manchester City 4. Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Penalty Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) after a foul in the penalty area.
Goal! Southampton 1, Manchester City 3. Sékou Mara (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moussa Djenepo.
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