London. Manchester City, led by Jérémy Doku, beat Bournemouth (6-1) this Saturday to reach first place in the Premier League ahead of Tottenham and Arsenal, who have not yet played on matchday 11.
Los Citizens They had a peaceful afternoon at home thanks to their new Belgian winger, involved in the first five goals.
The bad news for the team led by Pep Guardiola was the injury of its star, the Norwegian Erling Haaland, replaced at half-time by Phil Foden.
Doku opened the scoring with a threaded shot in the 30th minute and offered three decisive passes, to Bernardo Silva in the 33rd and 83rd minutes and to Foden in the 64th minute, also making it 3-0 with a left-footed shot deflected behind his teammate’s back. Manuel Akanji in the 37th minute. Nathan Aké completed the victory in the 88th minute.
With this victory Guardiola and his troops have a one-point advantage over Tottenham, who host Chelsea on Monday, and three over Arsenal, who play against Newcastle this Saturday (5:30 p.m. GMT).
In the first half of the table, Brighton (6th) was held to a 1-1 draw against Everton (15th), while Manchester United (7th) beat Fulham (14th) 1-0.
Furthermore, Brentford (9th) won a balanced match (3-2) against West Ham (11th) and bottom team Sheffield United achieved its first victory of the season (2-1) against Wolverhampton (13th) with a definitive goal from a penalty. Oliver Norwood in the last breath (90+10).
Wolverhampton had tied in the 89th minute with a goal from Jeanricner Bellegarde.
2023-11-04 18:07:57
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