Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki both scored twice as Manchester City made it two Premier League wins out of two under Enzo Maresca – and left Crystal Palace without a point after back-to-back defeats.
Haaland, last season’s leading scorer with 27 league goals, opened his account for the season to set City on their way with a guided header after being picked out by Antoine Semenyo in the 17th minute.
In an entertaining game, Cherki doubled the lead with a lovely 54th-minute finish after dancing past a couple of challenges, before Palace pulled one back two minutes later when Gianluigi Donnarumma became the first City keeper to score a Premier League own goal since Costel Pantilimon in December 2013.
Yeremy Pino’s free-kick over the City wall struck the bar before hitting the back of Donnarumma and then going in off the post.
However, Cherki’s deflected 59th-minute finish off Chris Richards made it 3-1, before Haaland rounded off a fine performance with City’s fourth following good work by Phil Foden.
