Man City v Leicester ratings: Haaland 9, De Bruyne 8; Iversen 6, Souttar 5

Norwegian star scores twice in 3-1 win at the Etihad Stadium

MANCHESTER CITY RATINGS: Ederson - 6. Made a great stop with his feet to deny Maddison in the late on, though was lucky to not have conceded a second in the 91st minute. Getty

Kyle Walker - 6. Beaten too easily by Souttar in the air en route to Iheanacho’s goal. Got forward well to support Mahrez in attack. Reuters

Ruben Dias - 6. Almost gifted Maddison a goal in the 85th minute when he carelessly allowed the midfielder to displace him on the edge of his penalty area. Was otherwise solid. AP

Aymeric Laporte - 7. A quiet and solid game in defence. Hardly put a foot wrong all game. Getty

John Stones - 8. Opened the scoring with a left-footed effort any striker would be proud of. Brought off at half-time as Guardiola looked to give some of his players a rest ahead of the Champions League clash against Bayern Munich on Wednesday. PA

Rodri - 8. Credited with the assist for Stones‘ opener as he won the header that bounced into the path of the England international. He was pivotal to City’s high press as he sat back and broke up the few counterattacks the Foxes could muster in the first half. Reuters

Bernardo Silva - 7. Made a lazy tackle on Maddison that earned him a yellow card on the stroke of halftime. An average performance from the diminutive midfielder. Getty

Kevin De Bruyne - 8. Played a well-weighted pass into the path of Haaland for the home side’s third goal. Almost played Walker in behind Leicester's defence in the 55th minute. Getty

Riyad Mahrez - 7. Presented with two good chances in the first ten minutes of the game but failed to hit the target on both occasions. Tested Iversen with a piledriver aimed at the top corner on the hour. EPA

Jack Grealish - 7. Had a penalty shout waved away in the ninth minute. Finally won a penalty two minutes later when his cross hit the arm of Ndidi in the penalty area. PA

Erling Haaland - 9. Grabbed his 31st goal of the Premier League season from the penalty spot in the 13th minute. Scored his second of the day with a dink over the onrushing Iversen 12 minutes later. Getty

SUBS: Julian Alvarez (Haaland, 46) - 6. Worked hard but City relaxed style of play meant he didn't really have a chance to trouble the Foxes defence. Getty

Manuel Akanji (Stones, 46) - 7. Came on for Stones and performed well in the hybrid role that the Englishman occupied. AFP

Kalvin Phillips (Rodri, 53) - 6. Engaged in a little mix-up with Ederson that led to Iheanacho’s goal. Getty

Cole Palmer (De Bruyne, 62) - 6. Had a quiet game after coming on as City sat back on their lead. Sergio Gomez (Grealish, 74) - N/A. Getty

LEICESTER CITY RATINGS: Daniel Iversen - 6. Looked shaky when coming out to claim crosses at the beginning of the match. Made a breathtaking save to stop Mahrez from making it four in the 60th minute. AP

Wout Faes - 5. Hit a shot high and wide when he was presented with a half-chance in the 38th minute. Looked solid in the second half as the Foxes looked to find a way back into the game. AFP

Caglar Soyuncu - 5. Did well to read and stop a De Bruyne pass to Bernardo Silva in the 22nd minute. Made a number of clearances in the second half. Getty

Harry Souttar - 5. Failed to read the run of Haaland quickly enough in the build-up to City’s third goal. Made a good block to stop Grealish shot from troubling Iversen midway through the second half. EPA

Timothy Castagne - 6. Made a good recovery tackle to stop De Bruyne and help out the already-beaten Souttar in the 31st minute. Showed great vision to pick out Preat in the box in the second half. EPA

Victor Kristiansen - 5. Kristiansen struggled in the first half and got subbed off at halftime as Dean Smith sought a change in shape. Getty

Youri Tielemans - 5. Caught on the ball a couple of times due to Manchester City's high press. Subbed off for the more defensive-minded Mendy in the second half. AP

Wilfred Ndidi - 5. Inexplicably raised his hand up and handled the ball to gift City a penalty in the 12th minute. Should have done better with his tackle on De Bruyne en route to City's third goal. Getty

James Maddison - 8. A bright light in Leicester City otherwise terrible performance. He was at the forefront of everything positive the Foxes did in attack. Denied by Ederson from close range in the 85th minute. PA

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall - 5. Played a poor pass to Ndidi that led to Manchester City’s third goal. Failed to provide any sort of threat in attack. Getty

Jamie Vardy - 5. The offside flag came to his rescue in the 21st minute after he went past Ederson but could only find the side netting from a tight angle. Looked a little off the pace and was subbed off at half-time. EPA

SUBS: Luke Thomas (Kristiansen, 46) - 6. Was alert to stop a De Bruyne pass from finding Walker in the 55th minute. Made another interception to stop Mahrez five minutes later. Getty

Kelechi Iheanacho (Vardy, 46) - 7. Combined well with Maddison in the 74th minute and a goal to bring Leicester back in the game a minute later. Almost set up a nervy ending but his shot came off the post in the 91st minute. EPA

Nampalys Mendy (Tielemans, 62) - 7. Brought some added energy to help the Foxes in midfield. Crucial to Leicester’s improved showing in the second half. Reuters

Dennis Praet (Dewsbury-Hall, 62) - 6. Could only manage a tame effort when Castagne’s cross found him in the box. Patson Daka (Ndidi, 87) - N/A. Reuters

Manchester City goal machine Erling Haaland continued his excellent form in an incredible debut season as his two goals helped beat Leicester City 3-1 and move to within three points of leaders Arsenal on Saturday.

The Norwegian star netted twice against relegation-threatened Leicester to reach 32 goals - the same as Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah's tally in 2017/18.

John Stones opened the scoring at the Etihad Stadium before a goal from the penalty spot and a clever dinked finish from Haaland.

City and leaders Arsenal meet at the Etihad on April 26 in a potential title-decider.

"Like I said lately, it is win, win and win," said Guardiola, whose side have now won 10 consecutive games in all competitions.

"They have had an incredible run this season and I don't think they are going to drop many points, so what we have to do is be there.

"It was important for us to win today to arrive for the 'final' we have against them in the next Premier League game."

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