Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero, foreground, scores his side’s first goal of the match from the penalty spot, during the English Premier League soccer match between Stoke City and Manchester City, at The Bet365 Stadium, in Stoke.
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The 19-year-old Egyptian worldwide replaced his teammate Marko Arnautovic in the 88th minute.
Pep Guardiola’s side were coming off a 5-0 thrashing victory over Romanian-side Steaua Bucharest on Tuesday in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League playoff draw.
Argentina striker Aguero has hit the ground running this season and added to his tally to give City a 26th-minute lead from the penalty spot.
Home team Stoke City scored its first and only goal in the 49th minute through a penalty kick by Spanish Bojan Krkic.
“I am really impressed with the players as human beings and with their performance”, he told reporters after the 4-1 rout at Stoke City.
“Unfortunately we had a penalty awarded against us at a key moment when I felt we were in the ascendancy and it knocked us sideways”, he said.
Jose Mourinho’s United had maintained their 100 percent start with a 2-0 win over Southampton on Friday.
“We have only had one month together – there is time to get better”. It’s a tough blow for Hart, who has been with City since 2006 and has been one of the more consistent goalkeepers in the Premier League for years.
‘It’s not enough to receive the ball from his team-mates, he has to help us in the first pressure and run a lot and help us a lot with movement.
Sam Vokes and Andre Gray scored first-half goals to put Burnley in command against Liverpool who were a pale shadow of the team that beat Arsenal 4-3 in their opening game of the season last weekend. Shawcross was adjudged to have held on to Nicolas Otamendi’s arm at a corner, allowing Aguero to fire high past Given from 12 yards.
Kelechi Iheanacho, just two minutes after replacing Aguero, latched onto De Bruyne’s pass before rounding Given and squaring the ball to Nolito, who side-footed home.
City manager and former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola has opted not to use England global Joe Hart in goal to start the season, as the longtime starter isn’t a ideal fit for his system, which calls for the stopper to be adept at passing the ball.
Guardiola has remodelled and restructured the playing style, with each player adapting to new demands.
Officials visited clubs in pre-season, warning them there will be a zero tolerance policy with regard to holding, impeding and shirt-pulling, with Mike Dean laying down that new hardline approach by awarding two penalties for just that, although Stoke’s spot-kick was fortuitous to say the least.
However, his two wins have both come in the last two seasons.
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Champion Leicester was left fuming after two penalty appeals were denied, with Danny Drinkwater felled by Laurent Koscielny at the end of the first half and substitute Ahmed Musa brought down by Hector Bellerin in the 88th minute.
