Cherki double inspires Man City to 4-1 win over Crystal Palace
Cherki double inspires Man City to 4-1 win over Palace

Rayan Cherki's quickfire double inspired Manchester City to a 4-1 victory over Crystal Palace, spoiling Pierre Sage's welcome party at Selhurst Park.

Haaland opens scoring

Erling Haaland, wearing a black armband in honour of the late Norwegian King Harald V, nodded in the 17th-minute opener as well as an 84th-minute cushion.

Enzo Maresca made just one change from their season-opening win over Bournemouth, with Cherki replacing Rico Lewis.

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Decisive second-half spell

It proved prescient in a wild six-minute spell in the second half initiated by Cherki's first goal, in the 54th minute, before Gianluigi Donnarumma's own goal from Yeremy Pino's free-kick.

Palace barely had a chance to celebrate before Cherki found the bottom corner three minutes later, and Haaland added a late second to make it two Premier League wins from two matches for the new City boss.

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