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Kevin De Bruyne: Birthday boy Julian Alvarez scored a superb double as Manchester City moved back up to second in the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Burnley.

Kevin De Bruyne captained the side, grabbing an assist on his first league start since August, while Erling Haaland came off the bench for his first appearance since December, as City extended their unbeaten Premier League run to six matches, winning five.

Burnley fell behind after only 16 minutes, when Alvarez produced a close-range header from Matheus Nunes’s dinked cross. Six minutes later, Alvarez added his second. De Bruyne’s clever pass from a free-kick caught the Burnley defence off-guard and allowed the striker to clip his effort over the advancing James Trafford, Premier League reports.