Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola paid tribute to Sergio Aguero after his goal in victory at Crystal Palace.
Aguero struck in the 2-0 win on Saturday.
Guardiola said, "I'm so incredibly satisfied. After the Champions League it's always difficult. We made many changes. The players were sad because they wanted to play, but they did what they had to do. The first half we struggled, but that's normal – you need patience and time.
"For the quality of players we had on the pitch, we should have attacked the way we did in the second half. We are one step closer – one more game and we will be champions.
"Always [Crystal Palace] defend really well. The spaces between the lines is so close, but in the second half we switched places more often, we attacked the spaces. Between the lines it was difficult to play. We were much better in the second half."
On Aguero, he added: "How many times has he done it? What a goal, what a player and what a man. I'm completely in love with him. The people cannot believe it but we've missed him. We haven't been able to use him many times, but maybe we got him back at the right time. He knows he has a special quality."
