They were on a completely different planet to West Brom. And in this mood, Manchester City are streets ahead of the rest of the Premier League.
City were magnificent at the Hawthorns, sweeping aside West Brom with embarrassing ease to regain top spot while playing their best football since the back-to-back title wins of 2018 and 2019.
This time it was Ilkay Gundogan, arguably enjoying his best season in a City shirt, who orchestrated the victory with two goals and it was so comfortable he was taken off early in the second half with his job done for the night.
Gundogan has now scored nine goals in all competitions this season, his previous best was seven which came last season and his form until now has almost gone under the radar.
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