Erling Haaland was at his brilliant best with a brace that helped us clock up a three point haul that was truly well earned.
Yoane Wissa shocked the Etihad with an opener in the first minute – after 22 seconds, in fact!
The Bees, to be fair to them, buzzed all over the Blues in those opening exchanges and could have been further in front before Haaland hit top gear.
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The striker first blasted home a right foot effort on 11 minutes before doubling his and the team’s tally just past the half hour mark with a clinical caressed dink following a stunning ball through to him by ace assister Ederson.
In terms of the scoreline that was all she wrote but the final result could have been heftier had it not been for the second half heroics of Mark Flekken in the visitors goal.
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