Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland proved Man City are just too good for the Premier League

If this is the best the Premier League can do, then you can give Manchester City the title now. Not just this season's, but next as well. And maybe the one after that. While Pep Guardiola remains the doyen of the Etihad it's hard to see how this multi-purpose, multi-talented team can be stopped.

It's less than a year since City needed a miraculous comeback on the final day of last season to win their second title in a row. It's less than a month since they were eight points behind in this title race. They're still not top even now. But the psychological damage inflicted on Arsenal and the rest of the league with this display is going to be hard to quantify.

Under Mikel Arteta Arsenal have a young team full of promise. They have been excellent this season. Despite a recent wobble, they came to the Etihad confident of restating their credentials. They left with their eyes wide open to the gulf in class between these teams.

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Whether it was the precision brilliance of Kevin De Bruyne. The superman qualities of Erling Haaland. The solidity of John Stones and Ruben Dias. The ruthless power of Rodri. All over the pitch City exerted their dominance.

On Tuesday Guardiola had said perfection doesn't exist in football. He's probably right. If this had been perfect it would have been 10. Haaland would be closer to 55 goals than 50. But from box to box this is as close as you can get.

After the third goal had gone in to rip the heart out of Arsenal, the City fans turned their back on the pitch to perform the Poznan with the kind of collective unison usually reserved for the players in blue on the pitch. It came during a break in play for treatment. When the