Erling Haaland hit his fourth hat-trick of the season to power champions Manchester City to a comfortable victory over Wolves at the Etihad.
The prolific Norwegian striker has now taken his goal tally for the season to 31 across all competitions.
Man City’s performance was not as vintage as we are used to in the opening minutes but they barely looked troubled the moment they had the breakthrough.
Haaland headed home the opener with five minutes before the interval and doubled the lead from the spot after 50 minutes.
He then added the third four minutes later to complete his treble and was substituted after the hour mark.
Manchester City needed cool heads to get over the line rather than polished feet and Erling Haaland delivered with outstanding second-half displays.
The defending champions’ hopes of maintaining their Premier League title is well on course after the their Thursday dramatic fight back triumph over Spurs.
The win has kept Pep Guardiola’s side firmly in the title contention and has liberated their recent stuttering.