Goals from Omar Marmoush and Antoine Semenyo powered Manchester City to a much-needed 2-0 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, lifting Pep Guardiola’s men provisionally to within four points of leaders Arsenal in the Premier League title race.

City’s first league win in nearly a month has them on 46 points after 23 games, while the misery continued for Wolves, who remain bottom of the table on eight points, 14 points adrift of safety.

Arsenal can restore its seven-point cushion with a win over Manchester United on Sunday.

Starting ahead of Erling Haaland in his first league appearance since returning from the Africa Cup of Nations, Marmoush put City ahead in the sixth minute, scoring his first league goal of the season by firing home a cross from Matheus Nunes.

Semenyo, who joined City from Bournemouth two weeks ago, doubled the lead in first-half stoppage time.

The forward was picked out by Bernardo Silva, took a touch to steady himself, and unleashed a powerful low strike past goalkeeper José Sá for his first league goal for the club.