What did Man City boss say after latest goal fest, win vs Crystal Palace?"Really, really tough place to come. … When you lose the ball, they attack the channels incredibly well inside with Sarr and Mateta — so difficult — but we were patient.

After all, the table will attest that Crystal Palace are one of the toughest opponents the Premier League has to offer. You could tell. Until Phil Foden broke their resolve with 20 minutes to play, Oliver Glasner's FA Cup winners had by far the better of the chances.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola hailed his side's resilience against Crystal Palace, as his players weathered an early storm to win 3-0 on Sunday, but said City were not yet the finished article despite cutting the gap to league leaders Arsenal.

Pep Guardiola has admitted that last season was an “incredible lesson” after his Manchester City side closed the gap on league leaders Arsenal with a 3-0 victory away to Crystal Palace on Sunday.

LONDON -- Four months into the season it is not exactly news that Manchester City have reconfigured their playing style, the collective sublimated in pursuit of the best version of Erling Haaland. There is a pretty compelling argument that it makes sense, one that was not entirely disproven in Tuesday's remarkable 5-4 win over Fulham.

Pep Guardiola has backed under-fire Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso to improve his side’s fortunes and said he would have been sacked by the Spanish club last season if they had endured a similar run of him as his Manchester City.

Pep Guardiola and his coaching staff have added a new-found bite and aggression into their game plan this season, assistant coach Kolo Toure has explained.Manchester City head into their Premier