Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Beaten Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson says Manchester City should be compared with Johann Cruyff's great Ajax team and might even be better.
Hodgson's side held City for almost an hour at Selhurst Park on Saturday, but a quick-fire double from Sergio Aguero and Ferran Torres earned Pep Guardiola's side what turned out to be a comfortable win that puts them to within one win, or one slip-up from Manchester United, of the Premier League title.
With a Carabao Cup already secured and a place in the Champions League final possible with a draw against PSG this week, City could record their best season under Guardiola.
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