This time there was no doubt over the scorer as Toure swapped passes with his fellow Ivory Coast worldwide Bony before unleashing an unstoppable effort into the top corner from 20 yards.
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Saido Berahino saw a goal ruled out for offside and shot straight at Joe Hart while Albion debutant Rickie Lambert went close with a free kick.
“It’s only the second game of the season but it’s a big one“. It is clear that Kompany wants to put last season behind him and the player believes that he is still one of Europe’s best.
The contest was over and the visitors had the luxury of bringing Aguero off the bench to gain a few minutes, while Samir Nasri also came on, replacing Sterling. Booed throughout by the home fans, he wasted a couple of good chances and looked like the new boy he is. “Silva is different gravy!”
The West Brom boss took responsibility for the loss after the game. Albion resorted to fouling the Spain global to stop him as he ran the game at The Hawthorns.
With current holders Chelsea earning only a draw against Swansea and Arsenal suffering a shock 2-0 defeat to start the campaign, Manchester City had the opportunity to make an early statement of intent on Monday night.
[ MORE: Premier League Playback: Reassessing the title contenders ]. But the Baggies never looked like getting back into the match once they fell behind.
“I think that both of them [Toure and Silva] played very well, especially David”. “Until November, I was having a good season but in the end, it didn’t matter because we didn’t win anything”.
“We have some new tools too, Raheem Sterling has given us that sharpness and speed to hurt teams and that gives other teams something to think about”. We won this game.
“Last season was below what we’re used to doing”, he said.
“If he continues to play like this I am sure he will be the player we bought”, Pellegrini said, referring to their 68-million-euro record signing.
With Toure, 32, dominating midfield, Spanish maestro David Silva had the freedom to float undetected between the ranks of West Brom defenders and he was able to pick holes in the hosts’ defence at will in another effortless display. I have spoken to Manuel (Pellegrini) and AVB (Andre Villas-Boas), who have worked with him (at Malaga and Zenit, respectively), and they were full of praise for the lad.
“Fortunately for us we’ve managed to get it over the line”.
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Pellegrini got an extension to give the coach some job security coming into this season and now Steering comes in after scoring seven goal for the Reds a year ago.
