Manchester City returned to winning ways with 2-0 defeat of bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers, moving them four points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England.
City manager Pep Guardiola left leading scorer Erling Haaland out of the starting line-up but they got their first league win in nearly a month thanks to goals by Omar Marmoush and new signing Antoine Semenyo.
Marmoush put City ahead in the sixth minute with his first league goal of the season, firing home from Matheus Nunes’s cross.
Manchester City continued to push forward and were rewarded.
Semenyo, signed two weeks ago from Bournemouth, doubled City’s lead in first-half stoppage time with his first league goal for the club, unleashing a fierce low shot past Jose Sa.
The match finished 2-0 in favour of Manchester City as thye continue to put pressure on league leaders Arsenal.
Arsenal, who host fifth-placed Manchester United on Sunday, have 50 points, with City on 46 having played a game more.
Saturday’s Premier League results
West Ham 3-1 Sunderland
Burnley 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Fulham 2-1 Brighton
Manchester City 2-0 Wolves
Bournemouth 3-2 Liverpool.