Bernardo Silva is free to turn and wait to play a pass in the middle. Eventually Aymeric Laporte steps in and Manchester City cross the halfway line, switching it over to Kyle Walker.

Paul Robinson
Former Tottenham goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

Iheanacho will be glad he was offside there.

His first touch was awful; if that was Erling Haaland, it is out of his feet and in the back of the net.

That is the difference in quality.

James Maddison curls it through to Kelechi Iheanacho. His first touch lets him down and Kyle Walker gets back to intercept, before the flag goes up anyway for offside.

It's straight back to business for Manchester City.

Kevin de Bruyne slides it down the line for Kyle Walker to chase. He gets there and curls it in for Bernardo Silva but it's away by Harry Souttar.

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Back under way at the Etihad.

Dean Smith has made some changes for Leicester. Luke Thomas and Kelechi Iheanacho are on, replacing Victor Kristiansen and Jamie Vardy.

There's also changes for Manchester City as Julian Alvarez and Manuel Akanji replace John Stones and Erling Haaland - who won't get his hat-trick.

Crystal Palace

More from Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson speaking to BBC Match of the Day on Eberechi Eze: "He had a very good second half. Once we managed to find him in those positions where we found him against Leeds, he dealt with the ball very well when it came in, he was turning his opponent and had the pace and the strength to get away. He is capable of doing two things, getting a shot away and if he is immediately closed down, he plays people in. The same goes for Olise whose game got better as it went on. I'm really happy to have those players and players of that quality.

"I don't think Eze is more confident than before because when we came in, it was a fresh start for him so anything that had happened up until that point, I wasn't aware of how that affected him because I just came in and took it from square one. We made it clear that we knew what he could do and how to get the best out of him in the way we are trying to play. All he had to do was be Eberechi Eze, it was a simple message that we took on board and now in these three games we have seen the Ebs who signed from QPR the year I left.

"I think a lot also depended on our back four. [Tyrick] Mitchell, [Joel] Ward and then [Joachim] Andersen and [Marc] Guehi, new centre-halves as far as I'm concerned."

On the 40 point mark: "You never know. With seven games to go, we've got 36 points and it would be a scandal if this team somehow manages not to get more points. I'm really hoping that we get to the 40 quickly and then who knows. There might be someone that we can put in our sights and we'll try and move up the table rather than just concern ourselves with staying where we are."

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace interim manager Roy Hodgson speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "We were put under a lot of pressure in the first half and had problems establishing the control we wanted but that is all credit to Southampton. Their passing was good, their intensity was good and they have got a lot of fast players which stretched our back four and made them work hard to keep Southampton at bay.

"In the second half things changed quite drastically, we got our foot on the ball a lot more and [Eberechi] Eze, [Michael] Olise and [Jordan] Ayew got into the game. Once again, the back four did a sterling job against Southampton but when we scored the goals of course, that made it hard for them. When you're down the bottom, and I know what it's like, you've done well and probably think you've done enough to win the game and you're 2-0 down, that's tough.

"The more we work together and the more the players try to use the training sessions and the idea that we are trying to give them and become comfortable with that, once we get the shape and the structure right, we do have enough individual talent to stay in the league.

"We still haven't done it yet but I'm a lot more comfortable on 36 points after 31 games than I would be had we not won these last three. It won't be a question for us of taking life easy now, we're going to be pushing on and making sure that we get to that magical 40 points as quickly as we possibly can and then that might be the time that I'm able to watch some of the games and enjoy our football rather than worry that we are going to make a mistake which is going to cost us the game."

As it stands, Manchester City are within three points of league leaders Arsenal.

Leicester remain second bottom, two points from safety.

"I'm going to take this one home too, James, unless the boss takes me off. He better not."

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John: Haaland is excellent. But it's important to recognise that the actual source of the goals is the understanding between Haaland and de Bruyne, Grealish, Gundogan, Silva, Mahrez, Alvarez, etc.

Anon: People saying that if arsenal don't win the league that they have "bottled it" are unreal! This billion pound squad with the best manager in the world and the most prolific striker the world has seen is supposed to be easy to top apparently.

Here's Erling Haaland's hat-tricks so far in a Manchester City shirt, with four coming in the Premier League:

27 August - 3 goals vs Crystal Palace (Premier League)

31 August - 3 goals vs Nottingham Forest (Premier League)

2 October - 3 goals vs Manchester United (Premier League)

22 January - 3 goals vs Wolves (Premier League)

14 March - 5 goals vs RB Leipzig (Champions League)

18 March - 3 goals vs Burnley (FA Cup)

A disastrous first 45 minutes for Leicester under Dean Smith.

Manchester City are in cruise control. Erling Haaland is eyeing up another hat-trick after John Stones' decent opener.

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Ian Dennis
BBC Radio 5 Live senior football reporter

It was a typical Haaland goal, that second one. Just strength, touch and finish.

Anon: Kevin de Bruyne really should be in contention for the Ballon d'Or his stats for assists not just this season but past seasons should make him a big contender

Graham: Haaland will be off at half time. Job done. Be interested to know how many games he's been subbed off nice and early this season

Caglar Soyuncu picks it off Riyad Mahrez and James Maddison lays it off to Youri Tielemans in the middle.

Bernardo Silva gets back to rob him of possession but moments later clips Maddison to earn a yellow card.

They haven't got the ball anymore.

"We've lost the ball."

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"We've got the ball" sing the Leicester fans.

It's worth celebrating.

Kyle Walker's cross is headed away by Caglar Soyuncu but straight to Kevin de Bruyne. He hits it first time but it's not a top-corner rocket, more like a top-stands howler.

Fulham

Fulham manager Marco Silva, speaking to Sky Sports: "I'm really pleased. It's really good when you come back and see people who were so important for me at Everton, and that I know I was important for them too.

"I missed being on the touchline because it is always good to be on the touchline at Goodison, even if you're on the other side.

"The match was really good. We knew that Everton had been really strong at home, they've beaten some very good teams. With the crowd behind them, they can create problems for the opposition team.

"I'm very pleased with how we controlled from the first minute until the last minute of the game. They had a spell after the equaliser where they reacted, it was the best spell for them and they got a bit of momentum. All the other moments were for ourselves.

"Our second half was a very good level, we controlled the game, won the ball and created problems for them. The set pieces we worked on, the players executed and created chances.

"A well deserved three points. We were the best team. Credit to our players."

On Dan James and Harry Wilson: "Great game for them. We planned really well for the game. We decided to play with a different profile for a number nine. We knew what we were going to face and we wanted to get in behind them. The players understood the plan and stuck with it.

"We analysed the last few games and we lacked a bit of pace in behind. We knew what we were going to get from these two. They are two great boys and have kept working hard to get their chance."

On end losing run: "I didn't change many things playing home and away. We have a way to play and we believe in our process. We came from a bad run, we hate losing games in a row.

After the World Cup we had a great spell and now we've had a bad one. In the Premier League, it's part of the process. All of them were different games. We were not happy, I'm the first one to demand more from ourselves.

"We never lose the faith in ourselves or our process - we showed that this afternoon."