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JACK GAUGHAN: Manchester City are peaking at just the right time in this title race... Arsenal should be watching their back after a brilliant win over Liverpool for Pep Guardiola's side in Erling Haaland's absence

Erling Haaland was a fan for the day. A fan in a posh box, but one all the same. A fan who joined the other fans in doing the Poznan — turning your back on the game, jumping up and down — to taunt the opposition. One who mauled his friend, Ivar Eggja, when the first goal went in.

So lively, Haaland could have done his groin. Manchester City would not want that. Pep Guardiola sounded like a man who believes his 42-goal striker will be back in business at Southampton next weekend.