Ten minutes later, Jeremy Doku doubled the lead later in the second half with a superb dart into the box, before finishing with aplomb past Vanja Milinkovic-Savic. City’s task had been made a bit easier by the dismissal of Giovanni di Lorenzo in the first half after he was adjudged to have denied Haaland a clear goalscoring opportunity, and a tactical reshuffle from Antonio Conte curtailed Kevin De Bruyne’s fairytale return to his former club after his departure on a free transfer in the summer.