Kevin De Bruyne scored twice as Manchester City beat Arsenal 3-0 on Sunday in the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium.
The Belgium international gave the defending champions the perfect start by smashing home the opener with less than two minutes on the clock.
City doubled their lead on 15 minutes when an unmarked Raheem Sterling swept home De Bruyne's deflected low cross at the far post.
De Bruyne bent the visitors' third past Bernd Leno five minutes before the break and was then denied a first-half hat-trick when the goalkeeper tipped another curling effort onto the post.