Carabao Cup 2017/18: West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester City: 5 Talking Points

#5 Guardiola will look to maintain current run of results

Pep Guardiola will be extremely happy with his side's start to the season

The Citizens welcome Crystal Palace this weekend and one hopes that Guardiola’s men will be as ruthless as last week.

Last season around, City were flying in the initial stages of the season only for them to fizzle out as the campaign progressed.

Since then, Guardiola has invested considerably in the squad.

Hence no excuses of the team fizzling out will be entertained this season. City has a challenging couple of games before their much-anticipated fixture against Chelsea on the 30th of September.

City were unlucky last season, in a game of fine margins and Pep will look to rectify that that.

Gundogan's return gives City further options in the middle alongside the likes of Silva and De Bruyne.

Guardiola’s team currently sits atop the Premier League table, albeit, only by an alphabetic margin.

However, a win over Crystal Palace and then against last season’s Champions will indeed be a welcome tonic for a side that has promised so much but delivered so little.