That’s it from me. Thanks for following. Here is Jamie Jackson’s report from the Etihad.

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So what have we learned? This was an easy win for Manchester City – and an expected one too – but their wide range of scoring options will leave the rest of the Premier League worried. As for Palace, it is hard to see them even scoring against their upcoming opponents: Manchester United, Chelsea and Newcastle United. It’s going to be a long, long season for Palace.

The referee puts Palace out of their misery. They are still winless and goalless. Meanwhile, City cannot stop scoring – that’s 21 goals they have now scored in the Premier League. They are top on goal difference.

A beauty from substitute Fabian Delph, with a curling long-range effort with his right foot. Poor old Palace. A devastating afternoon for Hodgson’s men.

86min: Leroy Sane voted man of the match. And quite right, too.

Sergio Aguero joins in the fun with a simple header after an excellent cross from the left by Sane. The Argentine is now just one goal away from equalling Eric Brook’s record City haul of 177. Sane has been excellent.

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75min: Sane claims for a penalty after having his arm pulled by in a tussle with Timothy Fosu-Mensah but instead receives a booking for his subsequent complaints. Guardiola is far from pleased on the sidelines. Schlupp also goes into the referee’s notebook for fouling Danilo.

70min: It goes from bad to worse for Palace. Striker Christian Benteke has taken a worrying knock and is coming off. Bakary Sako is on which means Palace have a Sako and a Sakho on at the same time – could get confusing.

69min: With a Champions League group game against Shakhtar Donetsk to come in midweek, Guardiola is wisely resting his key players with this game all but won. Fabian Delph is on for John Stones.

Another goal for City and another for Sterling. De Bruyne plays the ball over the City defence, Aguero unselfishly squares the ball for Sterling to tap in. And with that he is substituted off, with Bernardo Silva coming on.

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56min: Booking for City substitute Danilo after he hacked down Townsend. Meanwhile, Jason Puncheon is on for Yohan Cabaye. Mendy also received a yellow card before he came off with an injury, I should add.

Sane, the goalscorer, this time turns provider as he squares the ball from the left to Raheem Sterling to score from close range. Was it Sane that Joachim Löw came to see? If so, he will be impressed. Hard to see Palace coming back from this.

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46min: City get us underway for the second half.

There were some raised eyebrows when the team was announced why Sane was given a starting berth by Guardiola – but he showed just why with a classy goal to give City a deserved lead. Palace have had their chances, particularly through Loftus-Cheek, but they will have entered the dressing room deflated by that late goal.

45min: Peep! And that’s the half-time whistle, with City one goal to the good.

And there’s the breakthrough. Leroy Sane plays a lovely one-two with David Silva, collects the ball and neatly dinks the ball past a Palace defender and then Hennessey into the net. It is Sane’s fifth goal from just six shots on target in all competitions for City this season. With Manchester United and Chelsea also winning, it is a timely goal for the home side – and agony for Palace who had done so well to keep the game goalless for so long.

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37min: A deep sense of frustration is growing among the City fans at the Etihad as Palace begin wasting time before the break. Hodgson will be delighted with how his team have performed thus far. Guardiola is even giving a pep-talk to a ball boy to keep the action going.

33min: Aguero, who is just three goals shy of becoming City’s all-time leading scorer, scoops the ball over the bar from close range. “How is this still nil-nil?” asks the NBC TV commentator.

27min: Loftus-Cheek comes close again, dragging the ball just wide. Meanwhile, there is an early injury-enforced substitution for Manchester City – Mendy is off, with Danilo coming on.

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19min: The woodwork is hit again by a Palace player but it is almost a goal for the visitors. Loftus-Cheek smashes the post with a long-range effort.

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One keen observer in the City stands is Germany head coach Joachim Löw.

12min: City keep knocking at the door. Fernandinho fires on target from close range but it goes straight to Hennessey, who parries well. Still goalless.

Further to my tweet about the City dressing room and the Royal Albert Hall, Noel Bayley emails in: “The Albert Hall roof was, of course, manufactured a couple of miles away from here (ie The Etihad), in Ardwick - which is where City originated...” How about that?

6min: Early chance for City. Sakho almost scores a spectacular own goal with his head after a dangerous ball from De Bruyne, hitting the post and out.

5min: City are dominating possession, coolly passing the ball between themselves, much as Guardiola’s Barcelona teams used to. How long before they find a breakthrough goal?

1min: Crystal Palace kick off and immediately give the ball away. It could be a long afternoon for the south London side.

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Ever wondered what the Manchester City dressing room looks like? A little like the Royal Albert Hall (well the ceiling anyway). Kick-off is coming up.

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Pep Guardiola on NBC: “We are OK after just five games. Players from Crystal Palace have the quality so anything can happen.” The Catlan has given Leroy Sane a rare start, with Gabriel Jesus having to make do with a place on the bench. Hodgson said: “There is some belief and confidence in the team but ideally we need some good performances and good results to boost that belief and confidence.”

Tottenham, meanwhile, have held on to defeat West Ham 3-2. It got a little nervy at the end there for Mauricio Pochettino’s men.

North of the border, Celtic have just defeated Rangers 2-0. Just seven games into the new Scottish Premiership season, eight points now stand between the Old Firm rivals. Are they, in fact, still rivals?

Roy Hodgson, for his part, is clinging to Fulham’s unlikely survival under his stewardship nine years ago as inspiration to keep Palace in the Premier League. “We were doomed, week after week, but we just kept believing,” Hodgson said, before adding of the current campaign: “As far as we’re concerned, May is still a long way off. It’s up to us to keep improving, keep working hard and pick up some points along the way so we’re at the right end of the table come May. I refuse to believe we’re doomed.”

Man City: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Mendy, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Silva, Sterling, Aguero, Sane. Subs: Bravo, Danilo, Mangala, Delph, Bernardo Silva, Gabriel Jesus, Toure.
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Fosu-Mensah, Dann, Sakho,
Van Aanholt, Milivojevic, Cabaye, Townsend, Loftus-Cheek,
Schlupp, Benteke. Subs: Speroni, Ward, Tomkins, McArthur, Sako, Puncheon, Riedewald.
Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire).

It’s top v bottom and, what’s more, a team who have scored 16 goals in their opening five Premier League matches against a team who have scored, um, none. “We should be embracing the challenge,” said Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson unconvincingly on Friday, before adding: “But, realistically, we know they have a better chance on paper than we do.”

The fixture list has not been kind to Hodgson. As he tries to pick up the pieces of Frank de Boer’s miserable (and brief) spell in charge, Palace take on City today before fixtures against Manchester United, Chelsea and Newcastle United. At least in their effort to shore up their defence Mamadou Sakho, the former Liverpool defender, is due to make his first Premier League start since his permanent move to Selhurst Park. “We hope, with his quality and his leadership qualities, he helps us move away from the relegation zone,” Hodgson added.

As for City, Sergio Agüero can make Manchester City history today. The Argentine, who scored a hat-trick against Watford last weekend, is just two goals shy of equalling Eric Brook’s record City haul of 177. “That is going to happen – he is going to take that record,” said City manager Pep Guardiola. “He has to be so proud, and Manchester City have to be so proud of that.”

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