The newly-promoted Tigers had suffered a chaotic summer in losing manager Steve Bruce and supporters protesting at the Allam family ownership of the club.
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With Guardiola arriving from Bayern Munich to manage an already impressive lineup, City is the hot favourite to win the league this season.
Under caretaker boss Mike Phelan, Hull took the lead when Adama Diomande and Abel Hernandez combined acrobatically, with Diomande awarded the goal.
England striker Jamie Vardy, whose 24 Premier League goals had propelled his team to the title, squandered a string of first-half chances.
The England Under-21 winger made a swift return to the top flight following Norwich’s relegation last season. We made a big effort, but individual effort, not like a team.
With a host of new signings and Champions League action to come, if City can continue playing last year’s superb football and enjoy a similar amount of success, we are in for another exciting campaign.
Jermaine Jenas: “When I look at everyone’s squad and the transfer business that has been done, I can not see City not winning it. People might say John Stones is not a sure bet defensively, but he is a brilliant player and he is going to thrive under Guardiola – that signing clinched it for me – I expect them to be champions”. “And I think this is the key of the match”. We tried to win, but sometimes it’s impossible. They showed a lot of the determination…
Leicester equalized with a penalty nearly immediately after the re-start, Riyad Mahrez driving home the spot-kick.
He began by completely miskicking an inviting cut-back from Ahmed Musa on the Nigerian forward’s debut in the 20th minute. Lloris limped off with a hamstring injury in the 36th minute and his replacement Michel Vorm kept the visitors afloat with a fine save on the stroke of halftime, denying Gerard Deulofeu who was sent clear by an bad back pass from Danny Rose. A header from Curtis Davies was just tipped away by Kasper Schmeichel but Diomande leapt into the air to hook the ball into the far corner of the net. Mahrez blasted his spot-kick straight down the middle as Jakupovic dived.
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He had it tough last term with Chelsea but it seems as though Mourinho has got some of his swagger back and Manchester United will need that if they want trophies back at Old Trafford.
