Jack Grealish could not have asked for a better response to his growing band of critics as he scored just 55 seconds into the game against Wolves on Saturday.
The forward was also at the center of most of the visitors’ attacking play as he helped Pep Guardiola’s men cruise to a 3-0 victory.
The result sees City head into the international break on top of the table after scoring 23 times in seven Premier League matches, while in Erling Haaland they have a striker in red-hot form with 14 goals in nine games in all competitions.
The campaign is not yet one fifth of the way through, but already questions are being asked about how anyone can stop City becoming only the fifth English club – after Huddersfield, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United – to win three league titles in a row.
Meanwhile, Son Heung-min ended his goal drought with a scintillating 13-minute hat-trick as Tottenham ruthlessly punished Leicester’s latest defensive horror show.
The South Korea striker responded to Antonio Conte’s decision to drop him to the bench after a barren start to the season by coming on to curl home two fantastic strikes and slot home a late third.
Spurs trailed to Youri Tielemans’ early penalty but took advantage of the Foxes’ failings at set-pieces as Harry Kane and Eric Dier nodded home from corners to turn the game around.
James Maddison’s fabulous first-time finish briefly drew Leicester level again, but Wilfried Ndidi’s mistake allowed Rodrigo Bentancur to steer Tottenham back in front before substitute Son stole the show.
Victory maintained Spurs’ unbeaten start to the Premier League season as they climbed to second, level on points with leaders Manchester City.
