Manchester City, Crystal Palace and Rayan Cherki
28 August 2026
Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 4-1 at Selhurst Park to make it two Premier League wins from two under Enzo Maresca. Rayan Cherki and Erling Haaland both scored twice as City moved provisionally to the top of the table.
Haaland opened the scoring before Cherki struck twice early in the second half. Palace pulled one back through an own goal off Gianluigi Donnarumma, but Haaland completed the scoring in the 84th minute after Phil Foden’s pass.