Summary
The Pep Guardiola era might truly have taken off at Manchester City.
A 52-pass move straight from the kickoff and containing at least two touches from every player – even goalkeeper Claudio Bravo – ended with Leroy Sane driving a rising shot into the net.
City go into their home game against last-place Palace Saturday on top of the English Premier League and having scored 16 goals in their opening five games. The team have netted 17 goals in four games across three competitions in the past two weeks.
City have been here before under Guardiola. Last season, City even started better in winning their first six league games and scoring 18 goals in the process.
The scary thing for Palace is that the 52-pass goal against West Brom was achieved by a virtual second-string team put out by Guardiola.
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