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Right, that\u2019s me done. Thanks for reading and for your emails. Congrats to City. Palace have a lot of work\/business to do before the deadline day on Tuesday. Cheers!<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n We\u2019re watching that first Cherki goal back on the replays now, and it\u2019s so special. The thing about Cherki is that he is two-footed and \u2013 this seems like a basic point to make perhaps \u2013 but each touch of the ball is so measured.<\/p>\n Cherki knows when to take a heavier touch out of his feet (or maybe to move past a defender) and when to nimbly dance with those delicate touches. Sometimes it looks like he\u2019s running into a cul-de-sac, only to somehow wriggle out of it. An outrageous talent.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Elliot Anderson, City midfielder, is next to speak:<\/p>\n double quotation markI enjoyed it today, I\u2019ve had a few more sessions. I feel like I\u2019m getting better. I\u2019m always nervous when I go on the pitch but my first start at the Etihad was pretty special. It\u2019s a big price tag, which everyone is going on about, but I\u2019m just trying to do my best. Just trying to learn on the job. An era has come to an end at City and there\u2019s a new one now.<\/p>\n Watching Cherki and Foden, I\u2019m so happy to be playing with them rather than against them. The talent is scary.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Jacob Steinberg’s match report from Selhurst ParkShare<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cJust the two goals for the big Viking tonight?\u201d teases Justin Kavanagh. \u201cHe\u2019s just not the same since he lost the hair.\u201d<\/p>\n Yep, I think we can put those Samson-esque theories to bed now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Erling Haaland, City goalscorer, speaks to Sky Sports:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe\u2019ll be back, we just need a few games. We played well. It\u2019s a new manager but we\u2019ve been playing together. We have to trust the system and trust Enzo.<\/p>\n We have so many good players so we have to fit everyone in. Phil [Foden] has to work hard like everyone else. This was a good start. Elliot [Anderson] was also incredible.<\/p>\n City\u2019s Rayan Cherki, player of the match, also speaks:<\/p>\n double quotation markMy performance was so-so, because in first half we didn\u2019t find the space and I played so shit. I looked to Enzo and I knew I needed to change it for the second half.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Full-time: Crystal Palace 1-4 Manchester City<\/p>\n Cherki and Haaland, two goals apiece. Two players that Palace can only dream of.<\/p>\n Cherki celebrates with Haaland. Photograph: Isabel Infantes\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.58 EDT<\/p>\n 90+4 min: City have enjoyed 78% possession in this second half. Palace have not laid a glove on the visitors since Cherki scored City\u2019s third just before the hour.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+2 min: Bouaddi threads a lovely pass through to Semenyo, but the Ghanian international can\u2019t make the most of it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min: Five minutes added on. Palace\u2019s next two matches are, mercifully, Fulham and Ipswich, although of course there is no guarantee of points from those two matches.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.50 EDT<\/p>\n 89 min: City make their final changes. Khusanov and O\u2019Reilly are replaced by Vitor Reis and Kaden Braithwaite.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 87 min: After a poor Community Shield and a fortunate win over Bournemouth, it\u2019s difficult to know if City have motored into gear here? Or if Palace are just not very good? Maybe Oliver Glasner knew something we didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-4 Manchester City (Haaland 85)<\/p>\n He\u2019s barely had a kick all game, but Haaland has two goals. Foden, now playing in the No 10 role with McAidoo wide right, has had a mixed match but really excels here, carrying the ball into the Palace area and perfectly feeding Haaland. The weight of pass onto the striker\u2019s left foot is **chefs kiss* and although it is an acute angle, Haaland arrows his shot into the roof of the net to render Henderson helpless. FINISH.<\/p>\n Haaland scores his second goal. Photograph: Richard Heathcote\/Getty ImagesHaaland celebrates. Photograph: Isabel Infantes\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.51 EDT<\/p>\n 83 min: McAidoo almost makes an instant impact. The City academy graduate, who has absolutely tore things up at youth level, nearly scores a sensational solo goal in his first two minutes of Premier League<\/a> football. McAidoo carries the ball a full 40 yards from the half-way line, cuts inside Disasi, and fires juuuuuuuust wide. So close.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 81 min: Yet more subs: Anderson and Cherki off, Bouaddi and McAidoo on. Both City subs are making their Premier League<\/a> debuts.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 79 min: Here comes Ayyoub Bouaddi. The \u00a385m City teenager is receiving his final instructions from the coaches.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 77 min: Yes, this is Manchester City<\/a>, but one worries for Palace this season, particularly if they lose Mateta, Sarr and Munoz before the window shuts.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 75 min: Both teams make substitutions.<\/p>\n Palace swap Khalaili and Tomiyasu for Axel Disasi and Mingueza. Khalaili actually took too long getting off the pitch \u2013 24 seconds \u2013 so Palace are penalised and Mingueza is prevented from coming on. That\u2019s new in the rules, players have to get a move on. Palace are playing with 10 men for a minute, as Mingueza waits for the ball to go dead. Boos around the stadium but rules are rules.<\/p>\n City bring on Kovacic for O\u2019Reilly.<\/p>\n Fourth Official Sam Allison intervenes as Oscar Mingueza of Crystal Palace prepares to be substituted on. Photograph: Richard Heathcote\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.41 EDT<\/p>\n 73 min: \u201cRayan Cherki has transformed into peak Maradona,\u201d emails Gary Naylor.<\/p>\n Steady on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 71 min: Palace are really missing Sarr (or a ball-carrying wide man \u2026 Eze, Olise, Zaha) this evening. Semenyo has been that direct threat for City, and his ability to scare teams in behind has also opened the spaces in front of Palace\u2019s defence, for Cherki etc.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 69 min: Two more changes for Palace: McNeil and Zavier Gozo are on, Pino and Nketiah are off.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.34 EDT<\/p>\n 68 min: Yellow card for Khalaili, who comes through the back of Semenyo.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 66 min: Chance for Palace! Guehi mis-controls the ball and Pino canters into open space. Palace are queuing up at the back post \u2013 Nketiah and Guessand free \u2013 but Pino overcooks the cross. Again.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 63 min: Palace with their first change: Evann Guessand for Jorgen Strand Larsen. Not a good night for the Palace striker, who has generally struggled since his big-money move from Wolves.<\/p>\n Strand Larsen reacts during the match. Photograph: Sebastian Frej\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.31 EDT<\/p>\n 61 min: That is a devastating blow for the home side. The crowd really reacted to that Palace goal but the air has completely gone out of the stadium now. City can play keep ball, unless Palace can muster another response.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-3 Manchester City (Cherki 59)<\/p>\n City instantly regain their two-goal lead! Cherki pops up in a pocket of space, and lets fly from the edge of the box. His shot takes a small deflection off Richards, but it\u2019s enough to beat Henderson, and the ball finds the far corner. Wow! What a game the Frenchman is having. Nonchalant brilliance.<\/p>\n Cherki celebrates with teammates. Photograph: Isabel Infantes\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.27 EDT<\/p>\n GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester City (Donnarumma OG 57)<\/p>\n Direct from the free-kick, Palace have their first goal of the Premier League<\/a> season! Pino takes the free-kick he won, and curls a delicious shot towards the top corner from 30 yards \u2026 the ball clatters against the crossbar, rebounds off the diving Donnarumma and rebounds into the net! Game on!<\/p>\n Pino gets a goal back for Palace. Photograph: Henry Nicholls\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.18 EDT<\/p>\n 56 min: Yellow card for Anderson, who trips Pino.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-2 Manchester City (Cherki 54)<\/p>\n An impish, delightful finish! How on earth has Cherki scored that. Palace gave the ball away carelessly in midfield and City pounced, Foden picking up the ball. He fed Cherki, who kept his balance, somehow darting around three Palace defenders and poked his finish past Henderson. The ball rolled slowly, tantalisingly, into the net, as if Cherki was deliberately taking the micky.<\/p>\n Cherki scores for City. Photograph: Michael Zemanek\/ShutterstockCherki celebrates scoring. Photograph: Henry Nicholls\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.38 EDT<\/p>\n 53 min: Semenyo has been City\u2019s biggest threat in open play, but Khalaili has done a good job in neutralising the City winger. There hasn\u2019t been much attacking thrust from Palace\u2019s new man, but he\u2019s had his hands full.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Chance for Nketiah!<\/p>\n 51 min: Nketiah, playing off the left tonight, drives forward, plays a one-two with the underlapping Mitchell, but can\u2019t find a finish. Mitchell fizzes a pass\/cross across goal and it came at Nketiah too quickly. The forward couldn\u2019t sort his feet out and his finish was well wide.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min: Corner for City. In the middle Haaland and Strand Larsen are wrestling each other for space, speaking (presumably) Norwegian to each other. Both are smiling, ear to ear. A deep corner is delivered to O\u2019Reilly at the back post, but Cherki can\u2019t make anything of it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 47 min: No changes from either side. Foden continues to look uncomfortable on that right flank. He is not a winger, we know this, and it\u2019s not a surprise to see City linked with Everton\u2019s Iliman Ndiaye after the departure of Savinho. City have also agreed a \u20ac37.5m (\u00a334m) deal for the Palmeiras winger Allan Elias on Monday, and are monitoring Liverpool\u2019s Cody Gakpo.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Peeeeeeeeeep!<\/p>\n We are underway again in south London.<\/p>\n \u201cI narrowly avoided being knocked down by three cars in 90 seconds on my motorbike today,\u201d emails Paul Moody. \u201cI live in Brazil so I\u2019m just wondering have I used all my luck or can Palace win this game 2-1?\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.04 EDT<\/p>\n Half-time reading: Barney Ronay on Manchester City<\/a> academy graduate Cole Palmer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Got a minute to spare? Why not try our daily Premier League trivia game, On the ball? Every day a star player past or present is hidden behind nine clues. How many will you need to identify them? It\u2019s available in the Guardian apps<\/a>.<\/p>\n Quick GuidePlay our football trivia game, On the ballShow<\/p>\n The Guardian’s\u00a0daily football game<\/a>, On the ball, is now live in the app for both iOS and Android.\u00a0Can you identify the Premier League star from the clues?\u00a0<\/p>\n Thank you for your feedback.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half-time: Crystal Palace 0-1 Manchester City<\/p>\n The score is a fair reflection of the half.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45+1 min: Cherki gets a snapshot off from the edge of the box, but Henderson is equal to it in the Palace goal. It didn\u2019t quite find the corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min: One minute added on for stoppage time. Pino has been particularly wasteful with the ball for Palace.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 43 min: Foden is back on the right wing and beats Mitchell with a bit of trickery, but Haaland can\u2019t get his header right in the middle. Wharton is back on, so Palace are back to full strength.<\/p>\n City manager Enzo Maresca on the touchline with Phil Foden. Photograph: John Walton\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.15 EDT<\/p>\n 41 min: Good battling by Wharton, who takes a whack for his troubles. The former Blackburn man gets gingerly to his feet, but he\u2019s OK. Serves him right for having such tiny shin pads. In the stands, sitting just above Palace chairman Steve Parish, a pensive Thomas Tuchel looks on. Wharton will have to go off for a minute as part of the new rules: when play is stopped for an injury, players will be required to leave for at least one minute (an increase from the 30 seconds previously used by the Premier League).<\/p>\n