Pep Guardiola’s team passed the ball to perfection and worked hard to produce one of their best performances of the season. Philippe Coutinho and Divock Origi added to the away side’s lead in the second half to give Liverpool a 3-0 win.
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Chelsea came from two goals behind at Premier League champion Leicester, taking an end-to-end game to extra time at 2-2 thanks to goals from defenders Gary Cahill and Cesar Azpilicueta before Cesc Fabregas’ double clinched a 4-2 win.
Guardiola lost only four home league games in his three seasons at Bayern Munich and while Howe is plotting how to outwit him, he freely admits how much he admires the Catalan’s work.
Kelechi Iheanacho, a goal-scoring replacement for Aguero against Gladbach, is expected to take the Argentine’s place at the tip of the attack.
Having spent close to $110 million in transfers over the past two seasons, not many would have expected Stoke City to be struggling to the extent they now are.
Too early for title talk at City? A return of 13 points from their first five games sees the blue side from Merseyside climb into 2nd spot in the table, a position they will retain till the next Gameweek. There have been various predictions including those at 888poker who think that Manchester City will win the Premier League, however Liverpool still promising signs.
After Theo Walcott had chipped in to make it 2-0, Robert Snodgrass reduced the arrears with a 79th-minute penalty following a foul on Hull debutant Dieumerci Mbokani by visiting goalkeeper Petr Cech.
West Brom beat West Ham 4-2 at The Hawthorns, where Nacer Chadli scored twice and had a hand in their other two goals.
Sanchez, though, hit a third for Arsenal on 83 minutes, with Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka netting his first goal for the Gunners with a long-range shot in stoppage time.
Algeria worldwide Slimani was making his league debut after his 28 million pounds (USD 36.4 million, 32.6 million euros) transfer from Sporting Lisbon.
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After two consecutive ninth place finishes, the Potters were expected to at least maintain their solid form this season, but with a leaky defence conceding 13 goals in their last four matches they sit at the bottom of the ladder.
