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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Kyle Newbould

Erling Haaland award silences his Man City doubters once again

Manchester City have enjoyed their fair share of unbeaten months during Pep Guardiola's tenure but few have been as emphatic as March.

The international break cut March's progress short but four games in the opening weeks brought four wins, four clean sheets and 16 goals scored. City kicked off the month with a commanding 2-0 win at home to Newcastle, following that up with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Crystal Palace to keep the pressure on league leaders Arsenal.

That was that for league action, with the second-leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against RB Leipzig hanging in the balance for all of 22 minutes, Erling Haaland's penalty the first of five for the Norwegian and seven for City on the night. Guardiola's side put in a scintillating second-half performance that evening, blowing Leipzig away and setting up a quarter-final draw against Bayern Munich to come.

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