Manchester City climbed back to the top of the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Cardiff City.
Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring after just six minutes and Leroy Sane added a second just before the break.
Only a tremendous performance in the Cardiff goal from Neil Etheridge stopped City from adding to their lead as Pep Guardiola's side strolled to their eighth straight Premier League win.
Teenager Phil Foden was handed his first Premier League start as Pep Guardiola rotated his side ahead of the title run-in.
But it didn't appear to disrupt the champions as they came racing out of the blocks. De Bruyne surged past Joe Bennett on the right and sent a low cross into the box which just evaded Gabriel Jesus at the far post.
It was the Belgian who would get on the scoresheet just minutes later. Aymeric Laporte slid in a clever pass down the left and from a seemingly impossible angle, De Bruyne thundered home into the far top corner.
Pep Guardiola was given cause for concern when Oleksandr Zinchenko was withdrawn early on, with so few options available at left-back.
But even the Catalan would have been impressed with how easily his side were carving apart Cardiff, with Jesus guilty of a hat-trick of missed chances in the first half alone.
City soon had a second goal to mark their dominance and it was another one to savour. Riyad Mahrez danced around Joe Bennett on the right before floating an cross to Jesus, who chested it into the path of Sane and he fired it first time into the bottom corner with a ferocious strike.
Foden nearly made it a full debut to remember when he burst through on goal but the youngster was denied by the excellent Etheridge.
City came out for the second half looking even more rampant and a series of fine saves from Etheridge prevented City from adding to their two-goal advantage.
Foden was denied once again by the woodwork after a pinpoint delivery from De Bruyne and Jesus, with the goal gaping, somehow missed from six yards to cap a disappointing night in front of goal.
Cardiff almost grabbed a goal back late on when Oumar Niasse broke clear on goal but Ederson made a perfectly-timed challenge to keep a clean sheet and calm any fears of a late Bluebirds comeback.
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