Manchester City vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as hosts edge past Cottagers

Since half-time, Manchester City's share of the ball has been a remarkable 87%. They are patiently probing around Fulham's area, and the away side are not able to escape on the break like they did before the interval.

City's dominance of this second half continues, as Foden fires over a cross from the right and Haaland slightly mistimes his jump before heading the ball off target. That was well wide, but the hosts have stepped up several gears since the break - Guardiola will have made his thoughts quite clear.

Kovacic has scored his third goal in the Premier League this season - already a new career high. Meanwhile, Bernardo Silva has now set up three this term, and he has assisted four goals in eight top-flight appearances against Fulham.

Goal Mateo Kovačić

Manchester City kick off, and we are back under way at the Etihad!

Should Manchester City merely avoid defeat today, they would extend their remarkable unbeaten home record to 50 matches, becoming just the fourth English top-flight team to reach that milestone, after Liverpool (85 between 1978-1981), Chelsea (74, 2006-2008; then 58, 2004-2006) and Sunderland (50, 1890-1893). However, as things stand they would slip three points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool going into the international break.

A brave first-half performance by Fulham sees the London club on level terms with Premier League champions Manchester City, as the half-time whistle blows with score at 1-1. After absorbing plenty of early pressure - with Gundogan and Haaland both missing good chances - the Cottagers struck first, when a moment of magic from Jimenez set up Pereira's close-range finish. City bit back soon after, as Kovacic crashed in a low shot from the edge of the area following a corner. A wide-open encounter is reflected by both teams' xG, with Fulham on 1.35 to their hosts' 1.17 so far. Perhaps today is the day City's long winning run over their capital-city counterparts finally ends?

HALF-TIME: MANCHESTER CITY 1-1 FULHAM

There will be just one minute of stoppage time added to the end of this first half, so Fulham's job is almost done.

Having been quite bold over the preceeding 20 minutes, Fulham are back in numbers now, aiming to keep the scoreline level until half-time. They surely deserve to been on equal terms at the break.