Goals from Aleksandar Kolarov and Samir Nasri were enough to see off Everton as Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League table.
Both teams came close to breaking the deadlock but it was not until after the half-time when Kolarov finished from an almost impossible angle.
Nasri made sure of the win at the death with another well-taken finish to continue City's perfect start to the season.
City almost went ahead immediately through Sergio Aguero but Tim Howard moved smartly to block the shot with his legs.
It was the same outcome again minutes later as the Argentine was denied for a second time before Raheem Sterling was guilty of missing a clear-cut chance at the back post.
Everton had the ball in the net after 23 minutes when Romelu Lukaku the ball around Joe Hart but was correctly judged to have been offside after receiving the pass from Ross Barkley.
On the stroke of half-time, Lukaku clipped the crossbar from a free-kick after Tom Cleverley’s driving run was illegally halted by Fernandinho.
City shot out of the blocks after the break as Sterling cut in from the left and found David Silva in space who blasted the ball against the post.
And it was another moment of magic from Sterling which led to the opening goal.
Again cutting in from the right, he played a perfectly weighted ball to Kolarov who beat the offside trap to finish expertly from a very tight angle to put Manuel Pellegrini’s men in front.
It was nearly two moments later as Jesus Navas capitalised on a defensive mix-up, but was denied by the face of Howard after neglecting to pass to the better-placed Aguero.
Gareth Barry almost nicked a draw for the hosts but Vincent Kompany cleared the ball of the line.
And City secured the win on 88 minutes after a fantastic one-two between Yaya Toure and Nasri, before the latter lobbed the ball over a helpless Howard.
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