Audio By Carbonatix
Manchester City moved top of the Premier League for at least a day with a predictably dominant victory over struggling Luton Town.
City led after only 65 seconds at Etihad Stadium when Erling Haaland's wayward volley hit Luton's Daiki Hashioka before flying into the net.
It took City more than an hour to double their lead through Mateo Kovacic's sweet, rising strike from near the edge of the area.
Haaland put the game beyond any doubt with a penalty after Jeremy Doku was fouled by Fred Onyedinma.
Just after City made a double change, Ross Barkley took advantage of a Matheus Nunes mistake to pull one back for the Hatters.
But Doku cut in from the left to slot a fine solo goal into the bottom corner.
The impressive Doku set up City's fifth as he picked out Josko Gvardiol, who slammed a beauty into the top corner - the defender's second goal in a week having not scored for City before that.
City are two points clear at the top, although Liverpool - at home to Crystal Palace - and Arsenal, who host Aston Villa, can move back above them on Sunday.
Luton remain in the relegation zone.
Latest Stories
-
Shell to sell its Nigeria gas business to Vaaris Energy
49 minutes -
Judge extends White House access for CNN, MS NOW, Politico amid legal fight
57 minutes -
EU expands migration cooperation with eastern Libya through new funding
1 hour -
Actress Selma Blair faces charges for kicking nurse and officer after plane incident
1 hour -
Private political loyalties deserve scrutiny too in EC appointments – Osae-Kwapong
1 hour -
EC safeguards must check partisan bias among commissioners – Osae-Kwapong
2 hours -
Oil prices climb as traders weigh Saudi supply risk, Russian diesel flow
2 hours -
Zimbabwean author denies using AI to write award-winning story
2 hours -
Bank of America hit with $1.2bn fine for money laundering failings
2 hours -
Robot seized by German police after allegedly groping teenage girl
2 hours -
Subject EC appointment to ‘Akufo-Addo test’ – Kwapong
3 hours -
English football’s independent regulator would quit over Man City interference
3 hours -
Anthropic seeks rehearing of case over Pentagon’s security risk branding
3 hours -
Torrential rains in Libya’s Tripoli kill two
3 hours -
Guinea-Bissau says it has not approved hepatitis B vaccine trial in newborns
3 hours