Kevin De Bruyne scored twice as Manchester City took a giant step toward retaining the Premier League title with a dominant 4-1 victory over leaders Arsenal in Wednesday's top-of-the-table clash at the Etihad Stadium.
In what was billed for weeks as the likely title-decider, City were superb from the first whistle with De Bruyne and Erling Haaland terrorising Arsenal's defence. — Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) De Bruyne gave Pep Guardiola's side the lead just seven minutes in with a side-foot finish from 20 yards that beat goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale at his near post.
Haaland had several chances to add to City's advantage before John Stones headed in De Bruyne's free kick in first-half stoppage time to give the game a scoreline that more adequately reflected City's superiority.
De Bruyne then added his second and City's third to put the game beyond Arsenal's reach with another low finish past Ramsdale nine minutes into the second half.