Manchester City extended their winning run to 21 games in all competitions to move further clear at the top of the Premier League with a 4-1 victory over a stubborn Wolves at the Etihad Stadium
Pep Guardiola's side dominated from the first whistle and they took the lead in the 15th minute through Leander Dendoncker's own goal and they thought they had a second just before the break, but Aymeric Laporte's strike was ruled out for offside in what was an extremely tight call
Wolves were barely seen as an attacking force, but they managed to grab an equaliser with what was their first touch in the City penalty area, Conor Coady heading home in the 61st minute
City immediately upped the tempo but found Rui Patricio in excellent form, before strikes from Gabriel Jesus (80, 90+3) and Riyad Mahrez (90) secured all three points as the hosts breathed a small sigh of relief
Victory sees City, who are unbeaten in 28 games, move 15 points clear of Manchester United - who face Crystal Palace on Wednesday, live on Sky Sports - ahead of the Manchester derby on Sunday, which is also live on Sky Sports
 Meanwhile, Wolves, whose four-game unbeaten run in the league ends, stay 12th
Manchester City quickly took control of the game and they created an early opening as Joao Cancelo spotted Raheem Sterling's run in behind the Wolves defence
 The full-back picked him out brilliantly, but Rui Patricio was quickly off his line to block Sterling's shot from a tight angle
After an incredible start from the hosts, it came as no surprise when they opened the scoring with 15 minutes gone
Mahrez latched onto a long ball before playing an inviting cross across the face of goal
 Sterling was waiting for a tap in but Dendoncker could do nothing but turn the ball into his own net
Wolves could not land any sort of blow on City, who thought they had doubled their lead just before half-time with a strike from Laporte, but the goal was ruled out for offside against the defender
 The Frenchman had been onside when Mahrez delivered the initial cross, but he was ruled to have moved into an offside position by the time Bernardo Silva flicked it on
 A VAR check showed it was a tight call but ruled the original decision to have been correct
Silva then had a chance to extend the lead himself, but Rui Patricio saved his header to keep the score at 1-0 heading into the interval
Wolves didn't create a single goalscoring chance in the first half - they didn't have a single touch in the City penalty area, and the second half started in a similar fashion to the first with the hosts dominating as Kevin De Bruyne and Mahrez forcing excellent saves from Rui Patricio
And they proved to be crucial stops as Wolves snatched a surprise equaliser completely against the run of play just after the hour mark
Joao Moutinho clipped a free-kick into the box and Coady dived to steer a header just inside the post with Wolves' first shot on goal and their first touch in the City penalty area
It was Coady's first ever shot on target in the Premier League and it stunned City into life
 They immediately upped the tempo and finally their dominance told as they reclaimed the lead with 10 minutes remaining
Wolves failed to deal with Kyle Walker's cross and Jesus, who was in the right place at the right time, pounced to smash home from close range
City put the result beyond doubt as Mahrez steered home their third in the 90th minute before putting some gloss on the result, scoring a fourth, which was awarded after a VAR check for offside, with the final kick of the game as Guardiola's men stretched their winning run in the Premier League to 15, and their unbeaten run to 19
"Manchester City won this game twice
 In the first half, their dominance of Wolves was so total that the away team barely registered a touch of the ball in the final third of the pitch let alone the opposition penalty area
 And when a set play allowed Wolves back into the match, City cut through them to show how they can devastate teams late on too
"Riyad Mahrez was magnificent all evening, tormenting Jonny Otto and then Ki-Jana Hoever
 Is there a silkier first touch in football than that of the Algerian? His ability to bring that ball down from the sky in his stride was enough to find space in behind the Wolves defence for the opening goal
 He ended any hopes of a comeback by scoring the third himself
"Gabriel Jesus scored the other two - a reward for his unselfish work leading the line for Pep Guardiola
 Elsewhere, Joao Cancelo was excellent again, this time at left-back, while Bernardo Silva's role in raising the tempo of the team's play in the opposition half cannot be underestimated
 The in-form Ilkay Gundogan was only required for eight minutes
"Twenty-one consecutive wins tells the tale
 Those autumn doubts about the method and the mood are long forgotten
 Confidence is oozing from the team and the depth is so good that any number of changes to the starting line-up do not appear to affect the fluidity of the football
 It has crept up on many during a miserable winter, but this is a great City side
"Man City boss : "We were fantastic
 After 1-1 we suffered but we created lots of chances in the end
" "Manchester United
 That's all we care [about now]
 The champions are Liverpool, the crown belongs to them
 We are in the best position right now to take them out and we are going to try, but they are the champions
"There are 33 points to play [for]
 Tomorrow our opponents will play, we have one or two days off and prepare for Manchester United at home
"Wolves boss : "First half we were organised but no fight, there was a lot of possession from City
 Second half we had more pressing, were higher up the pitch and creating threats in our possession - which we sustained for a spell of the game
 The boys were solid and compact
"The game went by, but we were not able to sustain this and we got punished
 We felt that we were on the front foot in the second half but after we draw the reaction was not to sustain but we faced a very good opponent
Riyad Mahrez was magnificent all evening, tormenting Jonny Otto and then Ki-Jana Hoever
Is there a silkier first touch in football than that of the Algerian? His ability to bring that ball down from the sky in his stride was enough to find space in behind the Wolves defence for the opening goal
He ended any hopes of a comeback by scoring the third himself
Up next for Manchester City is the Manchester derby
 League leaders City host second-placed Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium on , live on ; kick-off 4
30pm
Meanwhile, Wolves visit Aston Villa on Saturday, also live on ; kick-off is at 5
30pm
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