Ilkay Gundogan is the first player to score on his Manchester City Premier League debut since Javi Garcia in September 2012 (v Stoke City).
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The Potters recovered from a similarly poor start to impress last season, but Sunday’s 4-1 thrashing at Crystal Palace showed the problems may be deeper this time around.
Sanchez’s penalty was saved by Eldin Jakupovic, but Walcott doubled the lead 10 minutes into the second half when his effort was headed in by Hull defender Harry Maguire.
Islam Slimani made the flawless start to his Premier League career as he scored twice for Leicester in a 3-0 victory over Burnley.
The only loss so far came against newly-promoted Burnley at Turf Moor, but should Liverpool translate their good form against the league’s leading sides to those in the bottom-half, then there is no reason why they can’t be in the Champions League next season.
The in-form Belgian scored a cheeky 15th minute freekick, deliberately firing beneath the wall of jumping defenders to set the Premier League leaders on the way to a dazzling victory which preserved their 100 percent record. 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.
This was Leicester’s second highest possession figure in a Premier League match under Claudio Ranieri (59 per cent) and only the eighth time in 43 games under the Italian that they have held more possession than their opponents. But my idea and the club’s idea is the same – try to win this competition.
West Brom beat West Ham 4-2 at The Hawthorns, where Nacer Chadli scored twice and had a hand in their other two goals.
West Brom’s four goals were typical of Tony Pulis’ smash-and-grab style but the Hammers’ back-four made some schoolboy errors.
West Ham attempted 23 shots in this match.
The diaries of fans of English football grow ever more complex, messed up not only by the worldwide schedule but by the assorted demands of European competition, which largely dictate the running order of the Premier League at the weekend.
Manchester City have won their first eight games of the season (in all competitions), the first top-flight team to achieve this since Chelsea in 2005/06 (nine games in total).
The Citizens have won each of their three Premier League meetings with the Cherries all by a four-goal margin (5-1 at home in October 2015, 4-0 away in April 2016 and 4-0 today).
Manchester City blew Bournemouth away by their incessant pressing, as the away team struggled and could have conceded more to the likes of Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling.
– The two sides have also played each other four times in the FA Cup in the last three seasons – Hull have won none of these games, including the 2014 FA Cup Final (D1).
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Nolito picked up his first red card in his 124th appearance in the big five European leagues.
