Man City 3 Palace 0: Midfield maestros, miserly Mangala and more things learned Midfield on fire There was a sense of inevitability about the result. Being on the wrong end of City’s 73 per cent possession would wear any side out, and Palace eventually crumbled. Yaya Toure, David Silva and Samir Nasri look after the ball so well it’s a joy to watch at times and if those three are playing near the top of their games chances will be created, strikers or not. Lampard lessons Lampard didn’t score but the goals had his style. Pellegrini talked in the press conference about players arriving from the second line – the way Lampard has been doing his entire career. If you’ve got five in midfield and attacking full backs like Aleks Kolarov and Pablo Zabaleta, cut backs can find players arriving into the box at different times to great effect. Defensive combination Martin Demichelis seems a soothing presence alongside the ever improving Eliaquim Managala. That’s four successive clean sheets for the £32m Frenchman and the more confidence he feels, the better he will play. One run and tackle to thwart Fraizer Campbell was particularly impressive. The signs are good. Joe Hart: Man City a team of winners Warnock rages at disallowed Palace goal VIEW [...] manchesterinnews/man-city-3-palace-0-midfield-maestros-miserly-mangala-and-more-things-learned/
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