Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was delighted with the way they controlled Sunday's derby at Manchester United.
City won 3-0 thanks to a double from Erling Haaland and Phil Foden's late effort.
Guardiola said: "Playing here in this fantastic stadium. We have great games here and we like to play here. The first 5-10 minutes we lost simple easy balls and against a team it is dangerous.
"Then in the second half they make two aggressive actions and we make incredible build-up and we draw them and create the half-chance. Then after the second goal we moved the ball well and could have scored more goals. I am really pleased to be close to the top of the league.
"The second goal helped us a lot to be more calm and be more perfect. Really good."
On Haaland's assist for Foden, the manager continued: "That means how generous he is. He is a guy that he wants to score goals but if he has the chance to pass it he does it and he makes that action. Erling had an incredible chance at the end of the first half and Onana makes an incredible save. They had one chance with McTominay and Ederson makes a great save but in the second half, after the second goal, we were at our highest.
"United enjoy when they beat us so it is normal [for us to enjoy beating them]. Look how it was today. The [tribute] to Sir Bobby Charlton and Old Trafford was marvellous. I think in this country when they have to organise, Mike Summerbee, all United players there and that's football.
"Of course you want to win and people are going to laugh and when they beat us they laugh. But when that happened [the chanting about Sir Bobby last week] that doesn't represent us. What represents us is [being] united in this kind of thing. We respect the history and tradition and we have won a lot in the last decade and after the win we are always in the right position. We don't do an extra thing to humiliate the opponents. It was always the opposite and that is why I am so proud of the club I represent."