Gabriel Jesus scored twice as Manchester City kept the pressure on Liverpool in the Premier League title race with a straightforward victory over ten-man Wolves.
The Brazilian starred in the absence of Sergio Aguero with two first-half goals, rounding off a classic City move before calmly slotting home from the penalty spot.
And Kevin De Bruyne came off the bench to help add a third with a wicked cross which was inadvertently turned in by Wolves captain Conor Coady.
The victory takes City to within four points of league-leaders Liverpool, and the ease of the victory will give Jurgen Klopp plenty to fear, especially with Aguero and De Bruyne now fit.
Wolves were given a mountain to climb when they went a goal and a man down inside the opening 20 minutes and, in truth, they were never really in the game.
Ten minutes of intense City pressure were rewarded when Aymeric Laporte picked a superb through ball to Leroy Sane, whose inch-perfect cross was tapped in by Jesus.
Willy Boly then flew into a strong challenge on Bernardo Silva and, despite winning the ball, was shown a straight red card with only 19 minutes played.
Another rash tackle from a Wolves defender resulted in a penalty when Ryan Bennett brought Raheem Sterling down in the box.
And Jesus, taking spot-kick responsibilities with Aguero on the bench, sent Rui Patricio the wrong way to all-but end the game before half-time.
City were so comfortable in the second-half that Pep Guardiola decided to give Aguero and De Brune a run-out, and the latter grabbed an assist with a cross that was almost impossible to defend.
Coady unwittingly flicked the in-swinging delivery into the bottom corner with ten minutes remaining to round-off comfortable victory for the champions.
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Source: talkSPORT
