Erling Haaland netted his 23rd career hat-trick as Manchester City came from behind to eventually beat Ipswich Town 4-1.
Kieran McKenna’s side took a shock lead through Sammie Szmodics on seven minutes but the champions soon clicked through the gears, albeit they were given some help from some poor Ipswich decision making.
As little as nine minutes after the Szmodics opener, Man City were 3-1 up.
Leif Davis appeared to have got away with a challenge on Savinho, but VAR David Coote sent referee Sam Allison – promoted from fourth official after Michael Salisbury sustained an injury in the warm-up – to the monitor and Haaland stroked home the penalty.
Muric’s head must’ve been still blurry as just a minute later he darted out trying to cut out a De Bruyne pass, only to see Haaland nod the ball beyond him and finish from a tight angle.
The Ipswich crossbar was then rattled by Rico Lewis and De Bruyne as City threatened a fourth.
