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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Simon Bajkowski

Erling Haaland mimics Gabriel Jesus as Man City monster Arsenal

The No.9 may have been 40 yards away from the penalty box but you couldn't fault the quality build-up play that created a Manchester City goal.

So often the case during Gabriel Jesus's five years at the Etihad, here the Arsenal striker could only watch and admire as goal-machine Erling Haaland turned assist king for assist king Kevin De Bruyne to fire City into the lead. Haaland just gets better and better and so do City.

Pep Guardiola's side are not just alive in their Treble hunt, they have rarely looked more alive. Every decision won from goals to throw-ins were roared on by a rampant home side to whip up the partisan crowd and make Arsenal even meeker, with the only surprise at the end of the night that the scoresheet only separated the teams by three goals; it felt like they were leagues apart at times.

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