Antoine Semenyo of Manchester City celebrates scoring. EPA/ADAM VAUGHAN
Thursday Feb 12, 2026. 13:00
Ghana international Antoine Semenyo has described his dream start at Manchester City as “all a fairytale right now” after contributing to the team’s latest win.
The dreadlocked attacker grabbed a goal and an assist to help the Citizens claim a 3-0 win over Fulham in Wednesday’s Premier League encounter at the Etihad Stadium.
Semenyo has hit the ground running after joining City from AFC Bournemouth in last month’s transfer window – scoring five goals and providing two assists in eight matches for the Citizens.
“[There’s] no secrets! It’s just being part of a great team, a great environment, the coach has been great and they’ve made it easy for me to settle. It’s all a fairytale right now,” the 26-year-old told the club’s website.
“[It was] very important [to win]. That was the message from when the game was done against Liverpool. Just backing up what we did on the weekend, it was a tough graft and we got the three points, today we did the same thing. I’m happy.
“He [O’Reilly] has got that in the locker. He’s a very technical player. When I slid him in I knew he was going to score.”
The victory means City move three points behind league-leaders Arsenal, who play on Thursday night away to Brentford.
Semenyo and City will be in action this weekend as they take on League Two side Salford in an FA Cup fourth-round clash on Saturday.