Erling Haaland extended his record-breaking, hot-streak scoring form as Manchester City powered to a 3-0 win over 10-man Wolves on Saturday to go top of the English Premier League.
Pep Guardiola’s side needed just 56 seconds to take the lead at Molineux as Grealish finally enjoyed a day to remember after a difficult time since joining City from Aston Villa last year.
Haaland doubled City’s advantage with his 14th goal in 10 games in all competitions following a £51 million ($58 million) move from Borussia Dortmund that already appears a bargain.
Wolves lost any chance of a fightback when Nathan Collins was sent off for an ugly stomach-high foul on Grealish in the first half.
Phil Foden capped City’s stroll in the midland’s sunshine as the Premier League champions moved to the top of the table.
Unbeaten City are two points clear of second-placed Arsenal, who would regain pole position if they win at Brentford on Sunday.
At the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Heung-min Son ended his goal drought with a second-half hat-trick.
Antonio Conte emphasised the importance of rotation to Tottenham’s challenge on all fronts after substitute Heung-min Son’s sensational 14-minute hat-trick sealed Saturday’s 6-2 thrashing of Leicester.
Son was dropped to the bench after failing to score in any of Spurs’ opening eight matches but kick-started his campaign with a magical cameo from the bench following his introduction on the hour, firing in two trademark long-range strikes before slotting his third past the hapless Danny Ward.
First-half headers from Harry Kane and Eric Dier and Rodrigo Bentancur’s first Spurs goal had seen Antonio Conte’s side bounce back from Youri Tielemans’ sixth-minute, retaken penalty and James Maddison’s magical hooked finish to lead 3-2 early in the second half.
But Son upstaged all that had come before as his memorable treble extended Tottenham’s unbeaten start to seven games and lifted Conte’s side above rivals Arsenal up to second in the table, level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester City.
At St James’ Park, Alexander Isak’s penalty salvaged a 1-1 draw for Newcastle against Bournemouth on a frustrating Saturday afternoon for Eddie Howe against his former club.
Bournemouth took the lead through Philip Billing (62) as the midfielder converted Jordan Zemura’s near-post cross, but Isak equalised with his first goal at home for Newcastle (67) following a handball by Jefferson Lerma which VAR spotted.
Cherries interim head coach Gary O’Neil felt it was a harsh decision, saying: “I’m really disappointed with the penalty, I’ve seen it back a couple of times. I don’t know what Jefferson Lerma was meant to do really. There is no way he has meant to handball that or his hand is in an unnatural position.”
