City beat Wolves 4-1 for 21st straight win, 15 clear in EPL

MANCHESTER: A 15-point lead, 21 victories in a row, a club record-tying 28 games unbeaten.

The extraordinary numbers are stacking up for Manchester City as Pep Guardiola's winning machine powers to the Premier League title and whisper it a potential quadruple.

Guardiola particularly liked what he saw in the 4-1 win over Wolverhampton on Tuesday.

Heading into the final 10 minutes at Etihad Stadium, City's players were in the unusual position of being held, 1-1, but there was no panic. Instead, they just stepped up a gear, overwhelmed Wolves with their pressing and scored three goals.

"When you have a run of 20 wins, you're not always going to win 3-0, 4-0, 5-0," Guardiola said. "So that is why how you recover from difficult situations is what I'm looking for."

Gabriel Jesus scored in the 80th minute and again from close range with virtually the last kick of the game after Riyad Mahrez had made it 3-1, capping a period of incessant pressure by City after Wolves equalized in the 61st minute through Conor Coady's header the visitors' first touch in City's box.

Leander Dendoncker had given City the lead for the first time with an own-goal in the 15th.

Another test passed by City in its march to reclaiming the title from Liverpool, with Wolves having proved a tough opponent for City in recent years winning their meetings home and away last season, for example. City's class of 2020-21 is made of sterner stuff this season, though. The team has won every game it has played in all competitions since Dec. 19 and now has 15 victories in a row in the league.