It’s two wins out of two for Enzo Maresca at Manchester City in the Premier League after a comfortable 4-1 win at Selhurst Park on Friday night.The line-up revelation was Maresca slotting Marc Guehi back into central defence, with Josko Gvardiol at left-back and Nico O’Reilly stationed in midfield alongside Elliot Anderson. Even so, Palace started better than City, fashioning three shots in the first five minutes.But Erling Haaland has an almost supernatural ability to score goals against Palace, and the latest came after 17 minutes here, a powerful header from a Semenyo cross that looped over Dean Henderson. It was one of six shots on target for City in the opening 45 minutes — they last hit more in a Premier League first half in May 2024.Rayan Cherki then put City two up shortly after the break after some wonderful footwork, only for Palace to hit back almost immediately with a Pino free-kick that went in via the woodwork and Gianluigi Donnarumma, the Italian goalkeeper credited with an own goal. Cherki then capped off a frantic five minutes by scoring his second to restore City’s two-goal advantage.Maresca found time to bring on £86million pound teenager Ayyoub Bouaddi for his City debut, before Haaland added his second, City’s fourth, to round out a highly satisfying evening for the new City boss.Sam Lee breaks down the key storylines from the game.Rayan Cherki: one of the Premier League’s main charactersRayan Cherki’s little glares at the Palace fans when he celebrated his two fantastic goals earned him a colourful send-off from the home fans when he was withdrawn late on, and that is exactly the kind of thing that could make him the Premier League’s biggest star.He is enigmatic, an artist, and he is up for the fight. His first goal here was very similar to the one he scored against Arsenal at the end of last season, like in a superhero movie when the protagonist slows down time and dodges fists and bullets with ease, in total control of the situation. When he is in full flow like that it is like he is one step ahead of everybody else, and his left deft finish to put City 2-1 up was arguably even more exquisite than the one against Mikel Arteta’s side.