These are your Manchester City evening headlines on Saturday, August 13.
Pep Guardiola notices change in Kevin De Bruyne after Erling Haaland arrival at Man City
Pep Guardiola believes Kevin De Bruyne is enjoying adding goals to his game, helped by Erling Haaland's addition to the Manchester City squad.
City cruised into a 3-0 half-time lead over newly-promoted Bournemouth thanks to goals from Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden, with Erling Haaland notching his first assist for the Blues in the opener. They took their foot off the gas in the 30 degree heat after half-time, with an own goal making it four from Joao Cancelo's cross, and that was enough to send City top of the Premier League after just two games.
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And Guardiola said after the game that De Bruyne surprised him with his ability to create space to score his goal on the counter, and discussed how Haaland can improve his game.
Read more about De Bruyne's superb performance here.
Man City kill another Erling Haaland debate in Bournemouth stroll
It is often said in football that the matches defy scriptwriters, the action seemingly so unbelievable that nobody could have predicted what would happen. Manchester City versus Bournemouth was not one of those matches.
Pep Guardiola's Premier League title-winning machine up against a newly-promoted side that everybody expects to go down always looked like one of the bigger mismatches of the competition, and from the first whistle never threatened to look like anything else. Even still, it needed the help of new superstar Erling Haaland for a second successive week to make the Blue supremacy count.
Just in case it isn't tiring enough chasing a Guardiola side that has perfected the art of keeping the ball, Bournemouth arrived at the Etihad in temperatures more befitting the south coast. With drinks breaks introduced in light of the game being played in heat above 30 degrees, the task for Scott Parker and his men was simple: keep City out for four quarters.
Read more on City's first home win of the season here.
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