Manchester City returned to the summit of the Premier League with a composed 2-0 victory over Everton at the Etihad Stadium in Matchweek 7.

The match was finely balanced until early in the second half, when Erling Haaland showed exactly why he’s one of the deadliest strikers in world football. The Norwegian scored twice in the space of five minutes — a ruthless double that broke the resistance of Liverpool side and effectively sealed the three points for the reigning champions.

Vitalii Mykolenko started for Everton and played the full 90 minutes, but couldn’t prevent his team from falling to their fourth defeat of the season.

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Manchester City - Everton 2:0 (0:0)
Goals: Håland E., 58 (1:0); Håland E., 63 (2:0)

Manchester City: Donnarumma G.; Dias R.; Ake; Reijnders (Bernardo Silva, 59); Nico González (Kovacic M., 86); Matheus Nunes; Foden; Sávio Moreira (Cherki, 85); O'Reilly (Lewis R., 85); Håland E.; Doku J. (Bobb, 59)
Substitution: Bernardo Silva (from 59); Bobb (from 59); Lewis R. (from 85); Cherki (from 85); Kovacic M. (from 86)
Bench: Trafford; Stones; Gvardiol; Marmoush

Everton: Pickford; Keane M.; Tarkowski; O´Brien; Mykolenko; Dewsbury-Hall (Mcneil, 86); Alcaraz C. (Röhl, 70); Gueye I. (Iroegbunam, 70); Garner J-s; Ndiaye Il. (Dibling, 86); Beto (Barry T., 75)
Substitution: Iroegbunam (from 70); Röhl (from 70); Barry T. (from 75); Dibling (from 86); Mcneil (from 86)
Bench: Travers; King T.; Coleman; Aznou
Yellow Cards: Garner J-s 39; Dibling 90