Guardiola beats Mourinho in the Manchester derby and goes top of the table with four wins our of four. This and more in the fourth day of the Premiership.
Guardiola‘s famous taca taca wins the Manchester derby and City goes top of the table with four wins in a row. For Mourinho and his United a defeat that leaves much to think about especially the defence and the lack of a player able to construct play in midfield.
Forty minutes of good quality football was enough for Man. City to open up the Red Devil‘s defence and score twice through De Bruyne (15′) and
Iheanacho‘s 35’ tap in.
Mourinho‘s side managed to pull one back 3’ from half time when Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted home a loose ball after a blunder by City‘s new keeper Claudio Bravo.
United tried hard to equalize in the second half but the Citizens held firm with the best chance falling again to De Bruyne who hit the upright from a Sane‘s pass.
So City go on top with four wins in a row and awaits the result of Chelsea‘s match against Swansea, while United remain third with 9 points.
In fourth place with 8 points, Tottenham Hotspurs who trashed Stoke 4-0 with goals coming from the Korean Son Heung-min (41′, 56′), Alli (59′) and Kane (70′).
A point behind Spurs, Liverpool who on their home debut trashed champions Leicester 4-1 with Firmino resulting the man of the match with two goals. The other goals for the Reds netted by Mané and Lallana whilst Vardy pulled one back for the Foxes.
On level points with the Reds, Arsenal who had to wait up to the 94′ to earn the 3 points with a Santi Cazorla‘s penalty over a determined Southampton side.
The Saints took the lead after a Dusan Tadic free-kick was tipped on the underside of the bar by Petr Cech, but the ball bounced off the Gunners keeper into the net. Wenger‘s team managed to equalise with a Laurent Koscielny spectacular overhead.
Robert Snodgrass goal in the 95′ earned a point for Hull, away at Burnely who went ahead with a 30-yard shot from Steven Defour. The Tigers are now surprisingly level with Liverpool, Arsenal and Everton who still have to play, on 7 points.
A great win for Italian manager Walter Mazzarri and his Watford who away at West Ham, came for 2-0 down to beat the Hammers 2-4.
Other results on this fourth day of the Premiership, Bournemouth who obtained their first season victory beating West Brom 1-0 and Crystal Palace who defeated Middlesbrough 1-2 at the Riverside Stadium.
Playing today Swansea vs Chelsea and the Monday Night will see Sunderland hosting Everton.
