Manchester City were at their blistering best as they celebrated Erling Haaland’s new contract with a 6-0 annihilation of Ipswich Town at Portman Road.
The champions started the day in eighth place in the Premier League, owing to positive results for Aston Villa and Bournemouth on Saturday.
They were in no mood to mess around from the first whistle in East Anglia, taking a three-goal lead into the half-time interval as Phil Foden (2) and Mateo Kovacic took the game away from Ipswich.
Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland and substitute James McAtee inflicted more damage after the break, reminding those who have doubted Pep Guardiola and his players that there’s plenty of quality left in the tank.
Foden and Doku were superb in particular, showing great attacking dynamism and fluidity of movement, and City are now up into the Premier League’s top four as a result of their win – they do still trail leaders Liverpool by 12 points though.
Read the full match report from Ipswich 0-6 Man City here.
Liam Delap worked hard up front / Justin Setterfield/GettyImages
*Ratings provided by FotMob*
Position / Player
Rating
GK: Christian Walton
4.1/10
RB: Ben Johnson
5.1/10
CB: Ben Godfrey
4.6/10
CB: Dara O’Shea
4.8/10
CB: Cameron Burgess
5.3/10
LB: Leif Davis
4.7/10
RM: Omari Hutchinson
6.1/10
CM: Sam Morsy (c)
6.6/10
CM: Jens-Lys Cajuste
6.5/10
LM: Jack Clarke
5.7/10
CF: Liam Delap
6.3/10
SUB: Axel Tuanzebe (64′ for Godfrey)
6.1/10
SUB: Massimo Luongo (64′ for Cajuste)
6.0/10
SUB: Jaden Philogene-Bidace (64′ for Clarke)
6.1/10
SUB: Jack Taylor (73′ for Hutchinson)
5.9/10
SUB: George Hirst (73′ for Delap)
5.9/10
Subs not used: Arijanet Muric (GK), Conor Townsend, Nathan Broadhead, Wes Burns.
Haaland got his customary goal for City / Justin Setterfield/GettyImages
*Ratings provided by FotMob*
Position / Player
Rating
GK: Ederson
8.5/10
RB: Matheus Nunes
7.5/10
CB: Manuel Akanji
6.9/10
CB: Ruben Dias
7.1/10
LB: Josko Gvardiol
7.9/10
CM: Ilkay Gundogan
7.9/10
CM: Mateo Kovacic
8.9/10
RM: Phil Foden
9.2/10
AM: Kevin De Bruyne
8.6/10
LM: Jeremy Doku
8.7/10
CF: Erling Haaland
7.7/10
SUB: James McAtee (63′ for De Bruyne)
7.2/10
SUB: Divin Mubama (63′ for Haaland)
5.9/10
SUB: Jack Grealish (63′ for Foden)
6.3/10
SUB: Nico O’Reilly (72′ for Kovacic)
6.3/10
SUB: Rico Lewis (72′ for Akanji)
6.3/10
Subs not used: Stefan Ortega (GK), Max Alleyne, Bernardo Silva, Savinho.
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