leroy Sane excelled in another devastating attacking display by Manchester City in its 4-0 win over last-place Crystal Palace in the English Premier league on Saturday.
The Germany winger showed superb technique to finish off a one-two with David Silva and score the opening goal in the 44th minute, ending ultra-defensive Palace's resolute start to the game and allowing City to run amok after halftime.
Sane delivered a low cross to set up an easy tap-in in the 51st for Raheem Sterling, who then scored from close range from Sergio Aguero's cushioned volley in the 58th.
Aguero made it 4-0 by heading home a powerful whipped center from the ubiquitous Sane, before Fabian Delph curled in a shot from the edge of the area for the best goal of the lot in the 89th.
It's 15 goals in its last three league matches for City, which has won five of its six games and remains unbeaten. Pep Guardiola's side is the top scorer in the division with 21 goals and has a seemingly endless supply of attacking options.
City didn't even need Gabriel Jesus here, the Brazil striker kept on the bench.
Palace has now lost all six of its matches and has yet to score a goal. It threatens to get even worse for Palace coach Roy Hodgson, whose team must play Manchester United, Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham in its next four fixtures.
lukaku scores again
Romelu lukaku's first-half strike gave Manchester United a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Southampton in the English Premier league on Saturday.
The Belgian forward's sixth goal in as many league games proved decisive and ensured United remained level with Manchester City at the top of the table.
United manager Jose Mourinho was sent to the stands in the closing stages.
Southampton failed to score at home for the ninth time in 11 matches at St Mary's.
United appears to have lost some of its early season fluency since losing Paul Pogba to a hamstring injury 10 days ago, and the midfielder's absence was evident once more as Southampton dominated possession.
However, while Southampton couldn't turn its possession into goals, United was ruthless.
Ashley Young, the latest player to be given a chance at left back by Mourinho, cut back onto his right foot and curled a perfect cross into the box for lukaku to attack.
The striker's initial attempt was saved by Fraser Forster but lukaku was the first to react and poked the ball into the empty net 20 minutes in.
Southampton's best chances fell to Oriol Romeu.
The midfielder spurned a chance from close range, and later saw a header cleared off the line by Marouane Fellaini.
United held on to take its tally to 16 points from its opening six games, matching its best ever start to a league. Southampton is 11th.
Morata gets hat-trick
Alvaro Morata scored a hat trick as Chelsea maintained its perfect away record in the English Premier league in beating Stoke 4-0 on Saturday.
Pedro scored the other goal as Chelsea took advantage of a lackluster Stoke display to cruise to an easy win at Britannia Stadium.
Despite having won just one of its three league home games, Chelsea has been perfect on the road and stays within three points of the Manchester sides at the top of the table.
In an already competitive race to be the division's top scorer, Morata joined Sergio Aguero and Romelu lukaku on six goals from as many games.
Kane scores 2
Harry Kane scored twice as 10-man Tottenham held off a West Ham comeback Saturday to maintain its perfect away record with a 3-2 victory in the Premier league.
Christian Eriksen appeared to have sealed victory just before the hour mark after Kane's first-half double had put Spurs in control.
But headers from Javier Hernandez and Cheikhou Kouyate either side of Serge Aurier's dismissal ensured an uncomfortable finale for the visitors.
Tottenham has now won its opening three away games for the first time since the 1991-1992 season. It also matched a club-record equaling run of five successive away Premier league wins, stretching back to the end of its previous campaign.