Manchester, Feb. 12 -- Manchester City narrowed Arsenal's lead at the top of the Premier League to three points with a commanding 3-0 victory over Fulham at the Etihad Stadium.

Pep Guardiola's side, who needed late goals to beat Liverpool at Anfield earlier this week, were in control from the outset and surged into a three-goal lead within 39 minutes, as per the Premier League website.

Antoine Semenyo opened the scoring in the 24th minute, turning home after Matheus Nunes' cross deflected kindly into his path. Semenyo then turned provider six minutes later, slipping a pass through for Nico O'Reilly to finish across goalkeeper Bernd Leno.

Erling Haaland made it 3-0 before the break, ending his eight-game wait for an open-play Premier Leag...