Vintage City: Guardiola’s side demolish Burnley 5–1 at the Etihad
Manchester City delivered a ruthless performance reminiscent of their title-winning best, crushing Burnley 5–1 at the Etihad Stadium in the 2025/26 Premier League.
Pep Guardiola’s men were in complete control from start to finish, despite some help from the visitors — notably French defender Maxime Estève, who scored two own goals before the 65th minute, gifting City an early cushion.
Matheus Nunes added the first from open play with a powerful strike to make it 3–0. Burnley managed to pull one back, but it was too little, too late.
In stoppage time, Erling Haaland made sure the scoreline reflected City’s dominance. The Norwegian star striker netted a quick-fire brace past Martin Dúbravka to cap off a five-star performance.
2025-26, England - Premier League
Manchester City - Burnley 5:1 (1:1)
Goals: Estève, 12 (own goal) (1:0); Anthony J., 38 (1:1); Matheus Nunes, 61 (2:1); Estève, 65 (own goal) (3:1); Håland E., 90 (4:1); Håland E., 93 (5:1)
Manchester City: Donnarumma G.; Dias R.; Gvardiol (Ake, 70); Reijnders (Bernardo Silva, 83); Nico González; Matheus Nunes; Foden; Sávio Moreira (Bobb, 62); O'Reilly (Lewis R., 83); Håland E.; Doku J.
Substitution: Bobb (from 62); Ake (from 70); Lewis R. (from 83); Bernardo Silva (from 83)
Bench: Trafford; Stones; Kovacic M.; Mukasa
Yellow Cards: Foden 83
Burnley: Dubravka; Walker; Hartman Q. (Humphreys, 88); Ekdal; Estève; Florentino; Cullen (Ugochukwu, 79); Laurent; Tchaouna (Bruun Larsen, 62); Foster L. (Broja A., 80); Anthony J. (Mejbri, 88)
Substitution: Bruun Larsen (from 62); Ugochukwu (from 79); Broja A. (from 80); Humphreys (from 88); Mejbri (from 88)
Bench: Weiß M.; Worrall J.; Flemming; Edwards M.
Yellow Cards: Hartman Q. 27; Walker 30; Anthony J. 63
