Pep Guardiola has praised ‘extraordinary’Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland after they inspired Manchester City to a 4-1 rout over Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday.

De Bruyne was at his best as he put City ahead with a lung-busting run and a cool finish.

The Belgium midfielder sent a cross that John Stones headed in for City’s second goal, then scored again before Haaland sealed the important win in the last few seconds.

“The connection between Kevin and Erling is extraordinary, today we tried to use it as much as possible,” Guardiola told BT Sport.

With two games to play, City are now only two points behind leaders Arsenal.

City will win the title for the fifth time in six years if they win six of their last seven games.

But Guardiola isn’t getting too excited yet. The Spanish coach has told his players to focus on their next three league games.

On Sunday, City will go to Fulham. After that, they will host West Ham and Leeds.

During that time, Guardiola’s team will also play Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League. In June, they will play Manchester United in the FA Cup final as they try to win a very rare treble.

“I know the next three games are really important. After two games at home against West Ham and Leeds, these three games will dictate if we can do what we want to do,” Guardiola said.

“The reality is today we are two points behind Arsenal, they are in front of us.”

De Bruyne agreed with Guardiola when he said that the win didn’t mean that City had won another title.

“It is too long. We know what people said about whoever won this game but it is so hard, a lot of things can happen,” De Bruyne said.

“We have two games in hand but we are still behind them.”