Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart returns to the side and is blameless for the two goals they concede Of all the characters in football's cast, few have a lonelier, less fulfilling existence than the reserve goalkeeper. They turn up for training every day, prepare themselves thoroughly, only to spend endless Saturdays staring blankly into the distance. Reserve goalkeepers are the roadies of football: always on tour, never on stage. Then came the hard hours on the training ground, working on core skills with the club's Spanish goalkeeping coach Xabier Mancisidor. with whom Hart has enjoyed a good relationship since his arrival in the summer. "I was very happy with how Joe was working," Pellegrini said. I decided that he would start this game because I have watched him work all week, and he's worked really well. He did well today. As a team, Manchester City are beginning to purr. This was a much more dominant display than it looked, proving again that when they are on song, City score pretty much whenever they want. A less assured team might have wavered when Fulham wiped out their two-goal lead with a classic breakaway burglary and a freak own-goal from Vincent Kompany. Instead, they simply went down the other end and scored two more. Substitutes Jesus Navas and James Milner made the win secure, underlining City's encouraging strength in depth. Pepe Reina once nicknamed Navas "Little Bird" for the way he used to fly past defenders. "We are full of confidence," Navas said. If you want to win the Premier League, you have to win at places like this. We are scoring a lot of goals, and the matches that we are involved in are very nice to watch. Even when Fulham scored, we still felt very confident. Two of the season's outstanding performers also had fine games. Yaya Touré opened the scoring with a sublime free kick from 22 yards, while Alvaro Negredo's cross for Milner's goal, was a thing of pure beauty. "He doesn't really need to use his right foot," Milner said with a smile. His left is that good. Fulham manager Rene ­Meulensteen has begun talks with owner Shahid Khan over possible January transfer targets. We've had good, open discussions, and what I can say is that whatever the help that is needed, we will get it. One player close to agreeing a deal is former midfielder Clint Dempsey, who was at the game on Saturday ahead of a likely loan move from Seattle Sounders.