Norwich 0-4 Manchester City: Premier League – live reaction!

LIVE – Updated at 19:59

Minute-by-minute report: Raheem Sterling’s hat-trick sent Manchester City 12 points clear at the top. Scott Murray was watching.

Pep talks to Sky. “From the first minute we created changes. We did a really good performance overall. Norwich were in a good moment and confidence, so it was important to prove ourselves again. It is many years the players have done it. They don’t have to convince me about their quality. Everyone must be involved, you cannot play with 11 or 12 players, we need fresh legs. The team is alive.” He also says that he doesn’t expect Liverpool to drop many points, and “wants more” from the “exceptional” Riyad Mahrez. A hard taskmaster all right.

Nick Ames was at Carrow Road this evening. His report for the Observer has landed, and here it is. Managers still to be interviewed, of course, so don’t leave us yet.

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Raheem Sterling - who scored a perfect hat-trick, left foot, right foot, header - talks to Sky. “We take it one step at a time, keep chipping away at it. Get in the right areas, and the goals will come. Our mindset is that we keep wanting to win. We’ll not rest on our laurels. To be a top team, it’s every three days, and that’s the challenge to us, to win every three days.”

Sterling misses the penalty, telegraphing his kick towards the bottom right. Gunn saves well, but the ball breaks back across the face of goal and Sterling completes his hat-trick from a couple of yards.

Guardiola gathers his men and shoves them towards their fans. They soak up the applause, and give a little back, too. The away end deserves it: they’ve been bouncing all evening. Norwich asked a couple of questions of