A scintillating Manchester City made it eight wins out of eight in all competitions this season as they easily beat Bournemouth at Etihad Stadium.
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And Slimani, who joined the league champions from Sporting on deadline day, added a second just three minutes after the restart.
Arsenal legend Martin Keown is impressed with Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, but warned he still wants more from his charges.
“He is more like a genius who reads the game and covers every situation imaginable. And with the ball the quality of the players made the difference”.
There’s also intelligence behind the excellence.
“Kevin is outstanding player”, he said.
De Bruyne was previously on Chelsea’s books but the Belgium global was not afforded a chance to play and subsequently loaned out before being sold.
The in-form Belgian scored a cheeky 15th minute free kick, deliberately firing beneath the wall of jumping defenders to set the league leaders on the way to a dazzling win, which preserved their 100 per cent record.
But he believes that the 25-year-old midfielder is one of the best.
The timing and weight of his angled pass to the onrushing Gundogan was flawless, and the Germany midfielder marked his Premier League debut by slotting his finish into the corner.
Guardiola has turned Sterling into Messi.well nearly. “Kevin is there with the rest”.
“Of course he is one of the best there is no doubt about that but to win prizes will depend on the team winning titles”.
Sanchez deflected the ball home to put Arsenal ahead after 17 minutes but the Chilean had his penalty saved by Eldin Jakupovic following Livermore’s dismissal. Arsenal has had four penalties this season, scoring two and missing two.
Instead, it now sits one place above the relegation zone after five games, having conceded eight goals in its previous two matches.
It was some Premier League debut for Islam Slimani.
It was the Toffees’ fourth straight win and came courtesy of goals from Gareth Barry, in his 600th top-flight appearance, Seamus Coleman and Romelu Lukaku.
The victory moved manager Ronald Koeman’s side on to 13 points and gave the Dutchman the best five-game start to a Premier League season by any Everton manager.
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Elsewhere, West Ham’s nightmare start to the season continued as it suffered a 4-2 defeat away a West Brom.
