Man City 5-3 Sunderland: Enzo Maresca's side set new club record in chaotic first half

Manchester City achieved a never-before-seen nine feat successful their Premier League clash with Sunderland connected Sunday afternoon.

Following Arsenal's daze 3-0 decision to Brighton & Hove Albion connected Saturday, the Sky Blues started the time apical of the Premier League table courtesy of a superior extremity quality implicit the Gunners.

Enzo Maresca's broadside were unsurprisingly billed arsenic the favourites to get the amended of their visitors, who went beardown against AZ Alkmaar successful the Europa League successful midweek portion City rotated their resources against Norwich City successful the EFL Cup.

However, an unexpectedly chaotic first-half ensued astatine the Etihad, wherever Enzo Fernandez took conscionable 9 minutes to propel the Sky Blues into the pb with his archetypal extremity for the club.

The Citizens' joyousness lasted for each of 3 minutes arsenic Brian Brobbey drew the Black Cats level, though Maresca's men soon restored their one-goal vantage done Rayan Cherki.

Once again, a City extremity preceded a swift Brobbey reply, arsenic the Dutchman's 2nd of the lucifer restored parity for Regis Le Bris's men 4 moments later, though the hosts inactive managed to participate the interruption a extremity to the good.

Man City vs. Sunderland: Sky Blues execute caller Premier League first

With 43 minutes connected the clock, Antoine Semenyo swept location successful beforehand of the distant end, marking the archetypal clip successful the Premier League epoch that Man City had taken the pb 3 times successful the archetypal half, arsenic per OptaJoe.

Furthermore, the Sky Blues' opening 45 feats meant that Man City vs. Sunderland was conscionable the seventh crippled successful Premier League past to spot 1 squad spell up 3 times successful the archetypal fractional of a game.

The frenetic enactment did not dilatory down successful the 2nd period, arsenic Semenyo scored City's 4th conscionable earlier the hr mark, though the Ghanaian's 2nd was astir instantly followed by Brobbey's 3rd of the afternoon.

However, Erling Haaland - who earlier contiguous had scored against each Premier League hostile barring Sunderland - broke his duck against the Black Cats to marque it 5-3 successful the last 10 minutes.

Are Man City the favourites for the Premier League title?

When Man City mislaid 3-0 to Arsenal successful the Community Shield, the Premier League rubric contention was already a foregone decision successful the eyes of many, specified was the mode of the Gunners' domination successful Cardiff.

The Sky Blues person responded to that thrashing successful flawless fashion, though, portion Arsenal's fearfulness amusement astatine Brighton showed that the Premier League champions are not invincible.

In contrast, contempt conceding the aforesaid magnitude of goals successful Sunday's game, Man City responded with a ferocious attacking display, which Arsenal showed themselves to beryllium incapable of matching astatine the Amex.

Mikel Arteta's attacking shortages aft an underwhelming transportation model person besides near the Gunners vulnerable, though it is inactive premature to delegate outright favourites successful the rubric race.