Manuel Pellegrini hailed his Manchester City side's professionalism after their 2-0 win at Everton on Sunday.

The Sky Blues made it three wins from three outings to start the new campaign perfectly and the triumph at Goodison Park was well-received by Pellegrini who praised the competent nature of the victory.

"I think that was a very professional performance," he told Sky Sports.

"We played a very difficult team here at Goodison Park.

"During both halves, I think we were a very consistent and solid team. We had more chances to score than Everton.

"We scored two goals, again we keep a clean sheet, so I think we are working very well as a team, defending and attacking."

City find themselves on top of the table having scored eight goals and conceded none in their first three fixtures of the 2015/16 season after Aleksandar Kolarov and Samir Nasri scored second half goals against the Toffees.