Manchester City kept the pace in the title race with a comfortable victory at Elland Road. It was a goal from Rodri just before the break that broke down the stubborn Whites, before Jack Grealish’s second-half show allowed Erling Haaland to increase his goal tally to 20.Grealish was guilty of missing a glorious chance in the first half as his frustrating time at City continues, but his performance after the break was enough to prove that the cash spent on him wasn’t wasted.Kevin De Bruyne had a frustrating World Cup, but in a Manchester City shirt, he has a great bunch of teammates to help turn his creativity to fine moves. However, there were many heads in hands when Grealish put the ball over the bar after KDB produced a moment of magic, playing a key pass with the outside of his foot.However, City’s dominance was turned into a deserved lead barely a minute later. The visitors mounted a quick counter-attack that was expertly finished off by Rodri in the first-half added time. It was a kick in the teeth for Jesse Marsch’s men, who thought they’d got to the break with the score level.Grealish cut off a suicidal pass from Liam Cooper to Robin Koch and squared the ball to Haaland for the easiest of finishes. The champions were cruising. Haaland got another after playing a neat one-two with Grealish in the box, making his tally for the season 20 Premier League goals. It’s not even New Year!20 PREMIER LEAGUE GOALS IN 14 GAMES.ERLING HAALAND IS UNREAL 👑 pic.twitter.com/3yYKe0Jr8U— B/R Football (@brfootball) December 28, 2022 Pascal Struijk reduced the lead with around 20 minutes left after City failed to clear a Sam Greenwood corner.However, the hosts never looked likely to mount a real comeback and Pep Guardiola’s team could have scored a few more. Notably, Illan Meslier kept another Haaland’s attempt out and denied the Norwegian a hat-trick in the match between his father’s two former clubs.City are keeping the pressure on league leaders Arsenal and are showing impressive attacking capacity. Tonight, they simply had too much for Leeds.PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 17MondayBrentford – Tottenham 2-2 (1-0)/Janelt 15, Toney 54 – Kane 65, Hojbjerg 71/Leicester – Newcastle 0-3 (0-3)/Wood 3 pen, Almiron 7, Joelinton 32/Southampton – Brighton 1-3 (0-2)/Ward-Prowse 74 – Lallana 15, Perraud 35 og, March 56/Everton – Wolverhampton 1-2 (1-1)/Mina 7 – Podence 22, Ait Nouri 90+5/Crystal Palace – Fulham 0-3 (0-1)/Reid 32, Reim 71, Mitrovic 81/Aston Villa – Liverpool 1-3 (0-2)/Watkins 59 – Salah 5, van Dijk 32, Bajcetic 80/Arsenal – West Ham 3-1 (0-1)/Saka 53, Martinelli 59, Nketiah 69 – Benrahma 27 pen/TuesdayChelsea – Bournemouth 2-0 (2-0)/Havertz 16, Mount 24/Manchester United – Nottingham Forest 3-0 (2-0)/Rashford 19, Martial 22, Fred 87/WednesdayLeeds United – Manchester City 1-3 (0-1)/Struijk 73 – Rodri 45+1, Haaland 51, 64/
