Manuel Pellegrini has sent an ominous warning to Manchester City’s title rivals as he predicted that his in-form team will only get better.

Though only three matches have been played so far, bookmakers scurried to make City odds-on favourites to win their title in five years in the wake of a 2-0 win over Everton that was hallmarked with quality and professionalism.

Second half goals from Aleksander Kolarov and Samir Nasri maintained City’s 100 per cent start to the campaign; they have yet to concede a goal and will aim to preserve that record when they sign off for the international break against Watford.

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Manchester City players celebrate on their way to a record ninth consecutive victory

City boss Manuel Pellegrini (left) warned title rivals that his side will only improve this season

Sergio Aguero shoots under pressure but did not score in City's 2-0 victory at Goodison Park

City, who finished last season strongly, have now won a club record nine successive games and Pellegrini is confident there is more to come.

‘I knew about the record,’ said Pellegrini. ‘It is important that we have this season nine points and finish also last season playing very well because it is not easy to win six games in a row. We are continuing the way we finished last season. If you want to win silverware you have to be consistent.

‘We are confident (we will get better) and we must have an important squad and not just a team. That is why it is important the substitutes did very well also. We are now just playing one game a week but we will play eight games in a month towards the end of the season.

‘So it is important to have a strong squad to keep playing the way we are now and to be an important team all year and in May we will see the final position. The important thing is to be a consistent team until the end.

City defender Aleksander Kolarov (right) opened the scoring from an acute angle

Samir Nasri (left) doubled his side's lead with a delightful chip in the 76th minute top seal victory

‘That is why it was important to win here because Everton is a very difficult team. The last three years we have good results here but before that it was very difficult for Manchester City to win here. They scored five goals in the two games before this so we are in a good way.’

When asked if this was the best football City had played in his reign, Pellegrini responded: ‘I don’t think you can compare. It is my third season. In my first we won both the Premier League and the Capital One Cup and we were the most scoring team in the history of the competition.

‘The important thing is that we are in a new season, that we started playing well in three games and we can score goals in every game and that is why we have scored eight goals and have three clean sheets.’

Roberto Martinez felt Everton “were not clinical enough” when they had chances to cause City problems and bemoaned some moments of luck but had no complaints about the final score; he continues to hunt for reinforcements for his squad before the window closes.

Everton boss Roberto Martinez will continue chasing reinforcements before the transfer window closes

The Toffees most important transfer business could be keeping hold of John Stones (right)

Shakthar Donetsk winger Bernard is the latest player to be linked, as negotiations with Dynamo Kiev for Andriy Yarmolenko are difficult; Martinez, should add Ramiro Funes Miro – the Argentine defender who was in the Goodison Park crowd yesterday – to his squad in the coming days.

They are also on the brink of signing Leandro Rodriguez, a 22-year-old Uruguayan striker, from River Plate Montevideo for £500,000.