This was billed as a box-office Premier League curtain raiser and did not disappoint. Manchester City arrived at Turf Moor as the champions of the past three seasons and left suggesting Pep Guardiola could well drive them to a record fourth consecutive crown.
Burnley, promoted as Championship winners, can be proud of giving City a contest and Vincent Kompany, who proved himself a serious managerial talent last season, will have learned much about his team.
