Two Kevin De Bruyne strikes ensured City edged a keenly-contested first 45 minutes, going in 2-1 up – but the champions shifted through the gears in the second-half.
Riyad Mahrez added two more to his tally in the second period, with Pep Guardiola’s men utterly dominant and perhaps a little disappointed not to have won by an even bigger margin
WHAT HAPPENED?
With most of the talk ahead of kick-off focused on United’s winning run at the Etihad, it felt even more important that City made a positive start.
With less than five minutes on the clock, Kevin De Bruyne provided exactly that.
Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva combined well on the left of the United box, with the Portuguese then squeezing a low cross into the box where De Bruyne arrived to sweep the ball past David De Gea and score his 50th Premier League goal in the process.
