Manchester City has traded for nearly a billion kroner in the summer, but it was the old acquaintance who shone in the opening game.
The Hawthorns (Aftenposten): If anyone should have been in doubt, Manchester City are to be reckoned with in the title race this season as well. It seems reasonably safe to determine, although only one matchday is done.
There is never a grateful task to get to the Hawthorns, especially not when Tony Pulis has taken on the cap and head homemade.
Led by old acquaintances – who now for years have proven their worth – was City simply several sizes too large for West Bromwich and cruised to land a very impressive 3-0 victory.
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Wonderful Yaya Toure
The first thing that must be mentioned by slaughter is Yaya Touré.
The occasionally loquacious his agent was in last season out and said that there were 90 percent chance that the Ivorian would find a new club during the summer.
Fortunately for City fans was never something off, and luckily for them, it seems that he has decided to give absolutely everything in pursuit of his third English league gold.
188 centimeters with raw muscle power is awfully hard to stop, and Yaya Toure case comes additionally with an ingenious football head and of appropriate qualities.
Will he close it level he held for a few seasons back, know that the City has one of the finest central midfielder.
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He was admittedly a bit of luck when he gave the visitors the lead nine minutes. Jesús Navas heard the prayer of a pass, but the shot from Toure was not all the world to him to be.
The ball grazed visited both David Silva (it is possible that he is going to be credited goal) and an Bromwich legs, which made working conditions difficult for Boaz Myhill for. Ball sailed thus quietly and gently over the line.
If the first goal was something puny, it was all the more class over the other. Toure arrived in their familiar splitter ahead centrally. Played a quick wall with compatriot Wilfried Bony, before a matter of course in the world placed the ball completely utagbart top corner.
Simply a very beautiful goal.
At the press conference after the game, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini naturally questions about its tomålsscorer.
– Last season was strange for Yaya. He had some problems, and the focus was not on the right things. I’m sure we’ll see the same Yaya now that two years ago, for he is a very good player, said Pellegrini.
The manager believes that the criticism against Toure could be a little too hard last season, and that he had played better than what some claimed. He is still aware of what was Toure problem.
– His head was not in the right place.
Therefore chuckled down with the player in the evaluation of the season and took a longer chat .
– I always speak with my players, especially the most important. Yaya knows what happened last season, and we talked a lot about it and agreed. He’s going to be important for us this season.
Sterling wasted chances
Silva (who therefore might get the first goal) also showed already in the first matchday he intend to pester opponents this season.
The Spaniard controlled and dictated very much by what the blue team had to come by. On the left was Raheem Sterling, purchased for over 600 million from Liverpool, located. He will probably just get used to the occasional booing during away games this season.
The celebrations were also in the roof when, after 41 minutes ended weak defender Myhill, and although not the final product was there today, showed Sterling glimpses that he has every opportunity to once again prove that the brilliant player he was in Liverpool’s silver season.
The cheers rose even some notches seconds later, when West Bromwich counterattacked and Berahino the score. Unfortunately for home supporters had linesman already correctly raised the flag for offside.
Kompany rose to three
Another old acquaintance who showed that he still has much to offer, was left back Aleksandar Kolarov. Time and again he charged forward on his side, and the posts are still among the toughest in the league.
It was also he who used his good left foot to turn the corner kick that commander Vincent Kompany steered further to the far top corner. The stopper jumped on billboard in front away fans and cheered with them in a beautiful moment.
When Manuel Pellegrini also be able to insert Sergio Agüero (who almost signed up for scoring list just before full time) and Samir Nasri in the second half, there was never any doubt about who was going to win game.
Pulis took charge
Sun comes Chelsea to Ethiad for the first real giant settlement in this edition of the Premier League.
With the victory will City already have five points down the defending champion, but Pellegrini will not go with that struggle will send some special signals.
– It’s only the second game of the season. It is important to try to win all matches at the start of the season, it is one of five games at home against teams who can win the title, he said.
Tony Pulis took on its side the full responsibility for that his team was stripped in the first place.
He chose to drive Rickie Lambert and saido berahino on top in a 4-4-2 formation, and the grip of running two strikers goes against everything he normally does to do against the best teams.
– I would try them on top in the first home game in front of fans, have a positive approach to the game. It was a wrong decision, and it is my responsibility, says Pulis, who realize that David Silva got too much room to frolic in – and then know that it is difficult to win football games.
Manchester City has impressed most of the gold candidates
Of the four who are expected to make up about league championship, the two Manchester teams left with three points after the first round.
In London, Chelsea and Arsenal one zero.
It has obviously nothing to say who is leading after the first round, but the light blue of Manchester sent off a small warning shot to the rest of the “big four”.
City fans song of league gold even before the fight was begun, and on trains heading north towards Manchester continued enough it to resound also when Monday evening was about to turn into night.
Perhaps they know that the last five league championship is won by the team that plays the first round on Monday night?
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