Man City 3-1 Everton: 5 Observations From The Game

5. Yaya Toure And David Silva Look Like World-Beaters

Despite both sides possessing confident goal-scorers in Alvaro Negredo, Sergio Aguero and Romelu Lukaku, your strikers are only as good as their service and so it proved today. Despite threatening early on Lukaku's influence on the game waned as time went on, but City's frontmen €“ augmented by a stellar midfield €“ were able to keep up a persistent onslaught. Chief among the suppliers were Yaya Toure and the fit-again David Silva €“ the formidable Ivorian was a constant thorn in the Toffees' side with his barrelling runs and hold-up play, and his diminutive teammate was always ready with a defence-splitting pass when the time came. It should be taken as a given that when you go up against the Premier League's big fish, you'll find yourself with your back against the wall on many occasions €“ with these two fit and firing, City can expect to roll over most visiting teams.