HOFFENHEIM 1, MANCHESTER CITY 2 Manchester City had to rely on goals from veteran players Sergio Aguero and David Silva to dig them out of a hole in Germany after they fell behind to Hoffenheim after just 44 seconds. City’s Champions League campaign this season got off to a bad start with a 2-1 home […]
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Manchester City breeze past Fulham to conserve energy for start of Champions League campaign
MAN CITY 3, FULHAM 0
Manchester City disposed of newly-promoted Fulham with minimal effort to maintain the unbeaten start to their Premier League campaign.
Hat-trick hero Sergio Aguero leads Manchester City demolition of Huddersfield Town
MAN CITY 6, HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1
ON the day Manchester City’s hat-trick heroes from the 10-1 win against Huddersfield Town were reunited, Sergio Aguero’s treble helped earn a comprehensive victory against the Terriers.
Record chasing Manchester City hit five past Swansea to celebrate Premier League title win
MANCHESTER CITY 5, SWANSEA CITY 0
After winning the third Premier League title in six years on their sofas following Manchester United’s unexpected defeat to West Brom last weekend Manchester City laid on a special game as a gift for fans who gave the Etihad a party atmosphere and were rewarded with more champagne football as the Blues thrashed Swansea 5-0.
Goals by David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, and Gabriel Jesus secured City’s fourth five goal winning home margin this season.
Pep Guardiola made two changes to the side which beat Spurs last weekend. Danilo and Bernardo Silva replaced Kyle Walker and Leroy Sane.
David Silva returns from Spain to conjure Man City win at Stoke
STOKE CITY 0, MANCHESTER CITY 2
Manchester City visited Stoke City on a rainy Monday night and veteran midfielder David Silva turned on the magic to score twice and restore City’s 16 point Premier League lead with eight games to go.
Silva had been commuting between Manchester and Valencia, training alone in Spain after being given compassionate leave to visit home regularly in recent months after his son had been born prematurely.
Arguably Stoke’s best chance came from a spectacular possible own goal by Kyle Walker which was tipped away by Ederson – the home side didn’t even muster a shot on target to test the Brazilian all game long.