Trust Manchester City to even make long balls good to watch.
Pep Guardiola's side have played some fantastic football over the last five seasons but are usually associated with keeping the ball on the floor and playing through opponents. When you have a player such as Riyad Mahrez though, it is understandable that the Blues should look for the winger and his magnificent first touch whenever they get a chance.
The plan was clear at Selhurst Park: whenever the team got the chance, the ball would be swept aerially over to the right, where it would be plucked out of the sky effortlessly and exquisitely by Mahrez, giving City intent in the attacking third. It happened in the third minute from a Joao Cancelo ball, it happened in the fourth minute from Rodri and it kept happening.
