Sergio Aguero moved within a goal of Manchester City's all-time record as Pep Guardiola's men thrashed bottom side Crystal Palace 5-0 in the Premier League.
Aguero headed a Leroy Sane cross through the grasp of Wayne Hennessey for his 176th goal in City colours during the second half of another commanding display at the Etihad Stadium.
The Argentinian now needs just one more goal to equal the record tally of Eric Brook, which has stood since 1939.
Leaders City were already well on the way to victory when Aguero struck their fourth in the 79th minute after an opener from Leroy Sane and quickfire double from Raheem Sterling. Substitute Fabian Delph added a superb late fifth.
City are odds-on at 5/6 with Sky Bet to win the Premier League title.
For Palace the misery continues, although they showed signs of looking more organised under the guidance of former England boss Roy Hodgson.
The Eagles have failed to win in six games without scoring – the longest wait for a first goal of the season in top-flight history.
That has led to Sky Bet making Palace odds-on at 4/5 to go down.
Post-match reaction
Asked about Leroy Sane's omission from Manchester City's starting line-up in the season's opening fixtures, Pep Guardiola responded: "(It was) because he didn't arrive good. He didn't have a good pre-season, he was not good in the first pre-season games. He didn't deserve to play.
"Now I have five strikers and all of them deserve to play - all of them. All of them are going to play. Some of them are going to rest and the next game play. I need them sharp.
"Leroy the last five, six months, especially the second part of last season, was so important for us.
"He's a guy who runs in behind in the right tempo in the right moments like anyone else in the world. He's a guy who's improving the simple things. He's scoring a lot of goals, creates chances, gives assists, he's a young player and he's so important for us.
Palace striker Christian Benteke was forced off in the second half.
"We think it's a form of ligament damage," Eagles boss Roy Hodgson revealed. "I don't know quite how bad that ligament damage is.
"He's going to have a scan (on Sunday) but it will mean he won't be playing in the next game, I'm pretty sure of that."
