Manchester City cruised to a 3-0 victory over Everton at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Pep Guardiola's side have regained their place in second on the Premier League table, three points behind leaders Chelsea.
A wonderful through ball from Joao Cancelo found Raheem Sterling to open the scoring on the stroke of half-time.
The home side made it 2-0 thanks to a thunderous strike from holding midfielder Rodri.
Bernardo Silva then tapped it City's third in a contest they dominated from start to finish.
Everton remain in 11th with 15 points from 12 games.
Speaking after the game, Guardiola was delighted with his side's performance.
"It was good before the international break and it was good after the break," said Guardiola.
"Rafa is a master of the moments defensively, with a team that doesn't want to attack, just defend, defend, defend and wait for the counter attack with Gray and Richarlison.
"We made a lot of passes and at the right moment attacked them and when we lost the ball were good in transition.
"We handled the moments in the game. I'm so satisfied with the performance after the international break.
"We were really good and I'm very pleased. We knew, the last time we played against Rafa with Newcastle, we always struggled a lot. We won by a small margin.
"That's why it was so difficult. We knew they could play four or five at the back. That's why it is important to move a lot.
"Today we were better, we conceded few, we waited for the right moments. That's why I am very pleased. The performance was really good.
"We now focus on Wednesday and then after that, West Ham. We don't stop and we will see our level at the end of the season.
"We have a tough calendar. We are not top but we are not far away."
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