The Citizens will look to build upon the slips from their title rivals Chelsea and Arsenal to gain some early momentum in the title race, and they should be further boosted by the presence of Aguero taking his place in the line-up.
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Kompany wrapped up the win when he headed home from a corner after 59 minutes, sending City top of a fledgling Premier League table, which is exactly where they intend to be in 37 matches’ time. Fernando scored his first goal for the club from close range to break the deadlock, with a Yaya Toure penalty and David Silva’s low shot giving the defending champions an unassailable lead.
West Brom for their part will hand debuts to three of their summer signings with Rickie Lambert, James Chester and James McClean all set to start.
Sterling was widely criticised for making it clear he wanted to leave Anfield in the months leading to his departure, and the England forward was booed by fans while on worldwide duty in June.
They are fired up to regain it this term and kick-off their campaign tonight against West Brom at The Hawthorns. Fernando also has a decent record against the Baggies, as both of his goals and two assists have come against the side.
They seemed out to thwart that notion from the opening whistle against West Brom.
City have made some astute signings this season, bringing in Raheem Sterling from Liverpool, who will give them some much needed creativity and pace from the flanks.
The midfielder was at the heart of everything the visitors did and was at his majestic best to pick West Brom apart.
It was game over for West Brom, and the sight of Sergio Aguero, the top scorer in the division last season, rising from the bench to come on just after did little to lift the lull that had engulfed The Hawthorns following Kompany’s goal. There’s a live event stream for each game, enabling users to post to it and also engage with fellow fans at the match. I don’t think he deserves criticism about that.
“I think our team have to be very focused and concentrate on going game by game”. If you do business with certain clubs you can be busy, but if you do business with other clubs who are holding onto their players for whatever reason then it’s hard.
“When we went back to playing well again, it was too late”.
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‘If you look at the training sessions we did, especially last week, this is a team that has great intensity.
