CHELSEA 0, MANCHESTER CITY 1 Kevin De Bruyne scored the winning goal with a wonder-strike to underline a completely dominant Manchester City performance at Stamford Bridge as Pep Guardiola relished a first win against Chelsea as a manager at the eighth attempt. Embed from Getty Images Manchester City’s preparation for this game was upset by […]
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Manchester United maintain 100-per-cent home record after beating bottom club Crystal Palace
MAN UNITED 4, CRYSTAL PALACE 0 It was a measure of how bad Crystal Palace were that Manchester United never needed to hit top gear in registering a comprehensive victory. Embed from Getty Images And the match was a microcosm of the season of both clubs with United looking championship contenders and Palace a side […]
Jaded Manchester United hang on for victory at Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON 0, MANCHESTER UNITED 1 Romelu Lukaku’s 20th minute goal was enough to secure victory for Manchester United at Southampton but the Reds had to fight hard to prevent a Saints fightback in the second half as their good first half performance gave way to a tense second period that fell below their usual high standards. […]
Goals are food and drink for table-topping Manchester City as Crystal Palace are swept aside
MAN CITY 5, CRYSTAL PALACE 0 Manchester City’s unquenchable thirst for goals saw them thrash Crystal Palace to claim outright hold of top spot in the Premier League. Pep Guardiola’s side, that had been joint first with their Old Trafford neighbours, has now found the net 27 times in eight competitive games as they remain […]
Wayne Rooney’s losing return to Old Trafford as Manchester United beat Everton
MAN UTD 4, EVERTON 0 Three late goals gave Manchester United a flattering margin of victory over Everton on the day Wayne Rooney returned to Old Trafford. It looked as though Antonio Valencia’s wonder early strike would be all that separated two evenly-matched teams. But once Henrikh Mkhitaryan added a second goal the floodgates opened […]