Man City NAILED their January business: Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi proving perfect additions to turbocharge Premier League title push

The difference in results for City before and after Semenyo signed on January 9, and again after Guehi made his debut three weeks later, is stark. Guardiola’s side drew their opening three Premier League matches of 2026 against Sunderland, Chelsea and Brighton, leaving them six points behind Arsenal in the title race.

They have won nine of their 11 games in all competitions since Semenyo joined, only losing at Manchester United and drawing at Tottenham. That six-point gap has been reduced to potentially two if City win their game-in-hand against Crystal Palace, and Semenyo has been utterly crucial to that winning streak, contributing six goals and two assists.

He has scored three go-ahead goals, against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup and against Fulham and Leeds in the Premier League, with the latter strike giving City all three points on Saturday. Semenyo is City’s top scorer since he signed, with double the amount of goals as Erling Haaland.

The Ghana international has been highly effective both as a foil for Haaland, easing the burden on the Norwegian and giving City another regular supply of chances and goals when Haaland has a quiet day, or, as in the recent win against Newcastle, when playing a more creative role. Semenyo can also an effective replacement for Haaland, as he proved at Elland Road, when he evaded two markers to get on the end of Rayan Ait-Nouri’s cross to score.