Guardiola did not contest the dismissal of Manuel Nolito, sent off for pushing his head into the face of the Bournemouth defender, Adam Smith, although the fact that City had comfortably won the game when the incident occurred would have angered him.
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Pep Guardiola was delighted Man City were able to beat Bournemouth, a side he thinks are the best his team have faced so far this season.
Kevin de Bruyne, Kelehi Iheanacho, Raheem Sterling and Ikay Gundogan scored the goals as City made it five wins out five.
I saw against West Ham, [Man] United and in other games too that when you let them have the ball and play, they have quality.
“I am happy. We have won five games in the Premier League”.
“Yes, I give them a lot of credit for the way they played but I felt we could have done better without the ball and definitely better with the ball”.
Gareth Barry scored on his 600th Premier League appearance as Everton fought back on Saturday to beat Middlesbrough 3-1 and return to second in the Premier League, two points adrift of Manchester City. “We will take care of him and I hope he will enjoy it with us to play his wonderful football”, Guardiola told reporters after the match, reported AFP.
Alexis Sanchez got the last touch from Alex Iwobi’s rebound for the Gunners and the teenager assisted Theo Walcott with a lovely back-heel after Sanchez missed a spot kick to make it 2-0.
Despite Hull’s late pressure, goals from Sanchez and summer signing Granit Xhaka added gloss to the scoreline and sealed a 4-1 win.
“There are so many players there, who look so much more confident and better. When I go out before the game, I have confidence that we are going to win”. “I prefer to be four in front than four behind, that’s obvious, but as you are saying it’s very early days”.
However, West Brom closed out for a second Premier League win, which leaves Slaven Bilic’s men having now lost four successive matches in all competitions. “We want to see Jack in their half and in the final third but we didn’t get there enough so to see his best qualities was impossible today”.
LEICESTER 3, BURNLEY 0: It was some Premier League debut for Islam Slimani.
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Sergio Aguero scored his second hat-trick of the season as he scored in the 8, 28 and the 77 minute of the match and then Iheanacho scored one in the 91 minute to make it 4-0.
