Manchester City chief Ferran Soriano has made a rare public speaking appearance - in Melbourne.

Soriano was speaking after City's defeat to Crystal Palace.

"There is a core of values, a core of beliefs that all we have," Soriano said in Melbourne, the home of the City Football Group's A-League team, Melbourne City.

"We win and we lose, but we never leave these [values].

"We always play attacking football, we try to keep the ball, we play with a high defensive line and we apply pressure to recover the ball."