Pep Guardiola‘s men, led by assistant boss Juanma Lillo at Bramall Lane, made a controlled start to the game and dominated possession.
The best chance of the first 45 minutes fell to Erling Haaland, who struck his penalty from 12 yards onto the post after John Egan was punished for a handball.
Our number nine came close again shortly after the interval, but he steered just wide of the post from Kyle Walker‘s cross.
The Norwegian remained positive and got his reward shortly after the hour mark, powerfully heading us ahead from Jack Grealish‘s teasing cross.
Last season’s Golden Boot winner had the ball in the net again shortly after, but saw it ruled out for offside.
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With five minutes of normal time left to play, the hosts levelled through Jayden Bogle, who found the bottom corner expertly.
Just three minutes after the leveller, we retook the lead via a sensational strike from Rodrigo, which flew into the top corner from 15 yards.
The win sees us maintain our perfect start to the league season and propels us back to the top of the table!
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