Manchester City vs Wolves LIVE: Premier League result and reaction after Erling Haaland scores four

Man City 5-1 Wolves: Haaland’s quadruple helped City hold serve in the title race in style

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Erling Haaland scored four goals - including a first-half hat-trick - as champions Manchester City crushed Wolves 5-1 to retain control of the Premier League title race.

Pep Guardiola’s side needed to respond to leaders Arsenal’s victory over Bournemouth earlier on Saturday and they did so emphatically, with a clinical take-down of their hapless visitors at the Etihad Stadium.

Haaland struck twice from the penalty spot in the first half, either side of a towering header, before adding a fourth with a stunning strike. Substitute Julian Alvarez also got on the scoresheet, while Wolves’ consolation came from Hwang Hee-chan.

The victory lifted City, chasing an unprecedented fourth successive league crown, back within a point of the Gunners with a game in hand. Haaland’s outstanding display took his tally for the campaign to 36 in all competitions and lifted him to 25 - five clear of his nearest challengers - in the race for the Premier League’s Golden Boot. His hat-trick was also his ninth in City colours.

Relive all the action below:

Manchester City vs Wolves LIVE

• Man City beat Wolves 5-1 to keep pace in the title race
• GOAL! Alvarez gets in on the act late on (MCI 5-1 WOL, Alvarez 85’)
• GOAL! Haaland gets a fourth with a lovely curled finish (MCI 4-1 WOL, Haaland 54’)
• GOAL! Hwang gives Wolves hope with a tap-in from Bellegarde cross (MCI 3-1 WOL, Hwang 53’)
• GOAL! Haaland converts his second penalty for the hat-trick (MCI 3-0 WOL, Haaland 45+3’)
• PENALTY! Semedo brings down Haaland in the box as last man
• GOAL! Haaland gets a second with a header from a Rodri cross (MCI 2-0 WOL, Haaland 35’)
• GOAL! Haaland covers from the spot to give City the lead (MCI 1-0 WOL, Haaland 12’)
• PENALTY! City get a spot kick after Ait-Nouri collides with Gvardiol

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Manchester City 0-0 Wolves

1 min: Almost an opening right away for City, but the ball just overruns De Bruyne as he was charging into the box.

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KICK-OFF! Manchester City 0-0 Wolves

KICK-OFF! Guardiola does look deep in thought though, as ‘Blue Moon’ plays across the tannoy.

The away side get us underway.

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The team are in the tunnel and ‘Hey Jude’ is ringing around the Etihad.

A reminder that Wolves won the reverse fixture in September – surely they can’t do a double over the defending champions?

Pep Guardiola is a man who tends to learn from his first mistakes.

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Manchester City vs Wolves

So, a full-strength City side start the game four points behind Arsenal, but safe in the knowledge that a win tonight – and one more in their final game in hand – would take them top of the Premier League once more.

They face a Wolves side that has experienced a solid Premier League season so far, though one that very few expect to have a say in this game and the wider title race.

Despite a disappointing exit to Real Madrid in the Champions League, Pep Guardiola’s side are bidding for another double of league and FA Cup, as well as an unprecedented fourth Premier League title in a row.

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Is Manchester City v Wolves on TV?

With just 15 minutes until kick-off, a reminder of how you can watch tonight’s game.

The game is due to kick off at 5.30pm BST at the Etihad Stadium, and viewers in the United Kingdom can watch the match live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League. Subscribers can stream the action via Sky Go.

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Man City vs Wolves prediction: No let up from title favourites

 City will look to clear another hurdle in their Premier League title bid at home to Wolves tonight.

Guardiola’s side are priced at 1/8 to get the win, with a draw offered at 11/1 and a Wolves win given at a huge 22/1.

The Premier League odds show City are odds-on to win the title for the fourth season in a row and they enter the game four points behind Arsenal but with two games in hand.

City are currently 1/2 to win the league, with Arsenal offered at 13/8.

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Team news

For Wolves, Gary O’Neil makes just one change. Hugo Bueno replaces Matt Doherty at left wing-back.

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Team news

For the home side, there are three changes from the team that beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 last week.

Foden returns to the line-up in place of Jack Grealish, while Kovacic comes in in place of Doku and Haaland starts ahead of Julian Alvarez.