Man City make it look difficult as they get back to winning ways against strong Fulham side.

Despite dominating the ball, Fulham shocked City on the break when Raul Jimenez's backheel assist gave Andreas Pereira an easy finish in the six-yard box.

Man City restored order, getting themselves into the lead thanks to a Mateo Kovacic either side of halftime.

The Cottagers had multiple chances to equalise, but Adama Traore and Jimenez were both unable to turn the ball home.

Second-half substitute Jeremy Doku gave City a two-goal advantage late on with his powerful strike flying past Bernd Leno.

A late Rodrigo Muniz goal was not enough to get Fulham anything out of the game.

Although this was not a vintage City performance, they walked away with three points.

Story of the match Both sides made one change from last weekend's games. Man City brought Foden in to replace Kyle Walker, and Rico Lewis moved into the right-back role. The away side made a defensive change, swapping record-signing Emile Smith Rowe for Sander Berge.

City had a great chance early on after Fulham were sloppy in possession. This gave City the opportunity to attack, with Ilkay Gundogan's effort going just past the post.

Once again, Fulham were sloppy in possession. Sasa Lukic gave the ball away on the edge of his penalty area and was forced to bring Rico Lewis down.

Fulham almost opened the scoring against the run of play. Man City had a corner that went straight into the hands of Bernd Leno, setting the away side away on the counter. Raul Jimenez played Adama Traore through. The winger beat Lewis for pace but could not beat Ederson with his finish.

Despite having most of the ball early on, the Citizens struggled to break down Fulham's solid back five.

Gundogan had another golden opportunity as he snuck behind the defensive line but could not turn Bernardo Silva's cross home.

The away side took the lead after some wonderful football in the City penalty area.

Robinson's cross was kept alive by Jimenez, who played a one-two with Alex Iwobi and then played an audacious backheel to an unmarked Andreas Pereira, who turned the ball home.

It was almost two when Fulham flung forward on the counter-attack with Pereira, who found Iwobi free in the box. His touch almost let him down, but he found Traore, who only had the keeper to beat, but he blazed his shot over the bar.

The champions got their equaliser through Mateo Kovacic when the ball fell to him from a City corner, and the midfielder's strike bounced in off the unfortunate Joachim Andersen.

Kovacic scored his second right at the start of the second half. Silva played the ball back to Kovacic, whose touch took him away from a Fulham defender. The midfielder then tucked the ball into the bottom corner.

The away side still offered a threat on the counter, with Traore bearing down on goal and three teammates joining him, but Jimenez's strike was blocked on the edge of the area.

The Cottagers had another opportunity to level the game when Traore breezed past second-half substitute Kyle Walker, but Ederson again got the better of the winger.

Another chance goes begging when Jimenez's strike from eight yards out is blocked by Josko Gvardiol.

City extended their lead ten minutes from time when Doku picked the ball up on the wing, cut it inside, and smashed the ball past Leno.

Fulham pulled a goal back when Muniz got his first goal of the season with a lovely finish into the top corner after Reiss Nelson found him open in the area.

Despite getting the three points, Pep Guardiola will have some questions for his team, which looked defensively weak throughout the game.

Marco Silva has lots of positives to take from the performance. His side took the game to City and were unlucky to walk away empty-handed.

Man City struggled against Fulham's back five throughout the game, but the Croatian single-handedly gave them the victory.

The midfielder has a huge task to replace Rodri, but this game showed that he is capable. He helped City in attack, always seeming to find space on the edge of the box.

Kovacic took both goals well, getting his side back into the game when they sometimes looked helpless.