Man City 5-1 Wolves: Haaland’s quadruple helped City hold serve in the title race in style
The first thought was how he has jumped that high from practically a standing start but then Erling Haaland is not like the rest of us mere mortals. He has his own video game character now but there was always some otherworldly about him. And as he rose above poor Nelson Semedo as if being hoisted from the ground by some sort of invisible force, you just had to admire the sheer athleticism of the whole operation.
Real Madrid were crowned Spanish La Liga champions on Saturday with four games to spare after Barcelona lost 4-2 at Girona. Madrid had done their job earlier by beating Cadiz 3-0 at home. It is a record-extending 36th Spanish championship for Los Blancos, who saw Barca take the crown last season. Madrid can also add the Champions League to this season's haul and host Bayern Munich in their Champions League semi-final second leg (2-2) on Wednesday.
Harry Kane scored his 36th goal of the Bundesliga season but second-placed Bayern Munich lost 3-1 at VfB Stuttgart in third on Saturday, while Cologne are on the brink of going down after a 0-0 draw with Freiburg. Wolfsburg are all but safe after a 3-0 win over already relegated Darmstadt and Borussia Mönchengladbach nudged five points above the relegation play-off spot after a late 2-2 draw at Werder Bremen. Yousouffa Moukoko twice, Donyell Malen, the departing Marco Reus and Felix Nmecha struc