Erling Haaland scored his first open-play goal in nearly two months as Manchester City fired another warning to Arsenal in the Premier League title race with a 3-0 win over Fulham. Pep Guardiola's side made sure they built on the momentum of their stunning late comeback win at Liverpool on Sunday and were utterly ruthless,

Erling Haaland scores his first goal from open play in the Premier League in nine games, as Manchester City soundly defeat Fulham 3-0 to move three points behind league leaders Arsenal.

Olivia Smith secured all three points for Arsenal as they beat league leaders Manchester City 1-0 in the Women's Super League. Olivia Smith 's superb 17th-minute solo effort proved enough to help Arsenal down Women's Super League leaders Manchester City.

There is a long way still to go in this Premier League title race, but if Manchester City do overhaul Arsenal then it is hard to believe the mid-season signings of Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guéhi will not have proved decisive factors.

Haaland was hit late by Joachim Andersen as he turned the ball on to Antoine Semenyo in the build-up to City’s second goal, and quickly pulled up after trying to re-join the attack. The 25-year-old did go on to score City’s third goal but was replaced by Omar Marmoush at the break.

Arsenal currently have three more points at the same stage of this season but Match of the Day pundit Wayne Rooney believes Erling Haaland's winning goal against Liverpool last weekend – his first at Anfield for City – could spark a run of form to test Mikel Arteta's mettle should their be any slip-ups.

Manchester City forward Antoine Semenyo is looking forward to facing Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley in March.The 26-year-old has made a fast start to life at the Etihad Stadium since