City 1-0 Saints: Short highlights

City returned to the Premier League summit with a hard-fought win over Southampton at the Etihad.

Erling Haaland‘s early goal looked set to put the Blues on the way to a comfortable win against the second-bottom Saints.

But it proved to be a difficult afternoon, with the visitors defending stoically and carrying a threat on the counter-attack.

See the goal, the saves and the near-misses in our brief match highlights video above...