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2019 Manchester City Return Abraham Brace Earns Lampard
His First Win As Chelsea Boss
28th, Tammy Abraham scored his first two Premier League

August To Winning Ways In goals for Chelsea, who produced an entertaining 3-2 victo-
ry at Norwich City.
The Blues took the lead in the third minute, Cesar
| Bournemouth Azpilicueta’s cross finding Abraham, who guided the ball
EXAMINER avid Silva marked his 400th international break. almost gifted the hosts an equaliz- Pukki squared the ball for Todd Cantwell to tap in his first
into the bottom corner.
Norwich equalized three minutes later, when Teemu

er a minute later.
Manchester City appearance
Silva, meanwhile, captained
Premier League goal.
Argentinian
The
foolishly
Frank Lampard’s side restored their lead after 17 min-
IRISH Dwith two assists and Sergio the side having replaced £63mil- opted to chest down the ball utes, Mason Mount cutting in from the left and finishing
Agüero scored twice as the Premier lion record signing Rodri in the
Leaguechampionsreturnedtowinning only change made by Guardiola.
inside his own box, allowing
emphatically past Tim Krul.
wayswitha3-1winatBournemouth. City dominated possession on Adam Smith to nip in and see his Norwich equalized again 13 minutes later, as Pukki
Experienced Spaniard Silva laid the south coast but also survived close-range effort unwittingly latched on to Emiliano Buendia’s through-ball to shoot
on goals either side of half-time for some shaky moments. thwarted by the head of Ederson. past Kepa Arrizabalaga for his fifth goal in three Premier
Raheem Sterling and Agüero to With 13 minutes on the clock, It was more difficult to fault the League appearances.
help Pep Guardiola’s side bounce City keeper Ederson escaped with away side’s attacking play and Chelsea made it 3-2 midway through the second half,
back from last weekend’s frustrat- a yellow card after racing out of they went further ahead two min- Abraham collecting Mateo Kovacic’s pass to shoot low
ing draw with Tottenham. his box and clattering Callum utes before the break. past Krul.
Agüero opened the scoring Wilson wide on the After collecting a pass from Although Ben Godfrey hit the crossbar for Norwich
inside 15 minutes at the Vitality Bournemouth left. Bernardo Silva, David Silva with a header, the west Londoners held on for Lampard’s
Stadium before rounding off pro- Sections of the home support slipped in Sterling, allowing the first win as a Premier League head coach. C
ceedings after in-form Sterling had bayed for more severe punish- England forward to poke home Eagles Shock United At Old Trafford
claimed his sixth goal of the sea- ment from referee Andre his 11th goal in 10 outings against
son. Marriner and their frustration was the Cherries. Patrick van Aanholt scored in stoppage time to give
Bournemouth substitute Harry compounded two minutes later. City had won each of the previ- Crystal Palace their first win against Manchester United in
Wilson briefly gave the hosts hope Neat interplay by Spanish mid- ous eight Premier League meet- the Premier League.
Palace led for much of the contest after Jordan Ayew’s
by reducing the deficit to 2-1 with fielder Silva and left-back ings between the clubs, register- first-half goal against the run of play, but United thought
a stunning 25-yard free-kick in Oleksandr Zinchenko led to ing an aggregate score of 25-3. they had earned a draw when Daniel James scored late on.
first-half stoppage time. Kevin De Bruyne scuffing an Any hopes they had of easing That appeared to atone for Marcus Rashford’s miss
But the day belonged to stand- attempted shot into the path of to another emphatic victory were from the penalty spot in the 70th minute.
out performer Silva, who repeat- Agüero and the Argentinian took dealt a blow deep into first-half But Van Aanholt popped up in the third of five added
edly carved open the home a touch before calmly slotting into stoppage time. minutes to earn Palace a first victory against United since
defense and was also denied what the bottom-left corner. Callum Wilson was fouled by 1991. C
looked to be a clear second-half De Bruyne’s inadvertent assist French defender Laporte 25 yards
penalty. was his 50th in 123 Premier from goal and winger Harry Foxes Hold On For Firs
Guardiola’s team last week saw League appearances, breaking Wilson, who opened his Win Of The Season
their 15-match winning run in the Mesut Ozil’s record of 141 for the Bournemouth account at Aston Substitute Harvey Barnes struck a spectacular half-vol-
league ended by Spurs after a last- fewest matches required to reach Villa last week, produced an ley to help Leicester City beat Sheffield United 2-1.
gasp Gabriel Jesus strike was the milestone. unstoppable left-footed free-kick Leicester enjoyed the lions’ share of possession during
chalked off following a con- The hosts suffered a further which flew into the top-right cor- the first half and took the lead in the 38th minute.
tentious handball by Aymeric setback in the 37th minute when ner off the angle of post and cross- James Maddison’s through-ball found Jamie Vardy,
Laporte which was picked up by Charlie Daniels, who recently bar. who shot powerfully past Dean Henderson.
VAR. returned from a long-term knee The second half began in fre- Chris Wilder’s decision to bring on Oliver McBurnie
Brazil forward Jesus was a injury, was carried off on a netic fashion with England striker was immediately rewarded, with the substitute heading in
notable absentee on the visitors’ stretcher with a similar problem Callum Wilson denied by George Baldock’s 62nd-minute cross.
bench on Sunday having sustain- and replaced by Liverpool loanee Ederson after getting goal-side of Leicester restored their lead when substitute Harvey
ing a hamstring injury in training Wilson. Laporte, before De Bruyne curled Barnesdrilledastunninghalf-volleyfromaclearedcorner.
which is expected to keep side- City continued to wobble narrowly wide at the other end. John Lundstram was denied from point-blank range by
lined until after next month’s defensively and Nicolas Otamendi City were then denied what Kasper Schmeichel as the Foxes held on to claim their first
appeared to a clear spot-kick when win of the season. C
Jefferson Lerma stood on the foot Watford Stuck To Bottom Of The Table
of star man Silva. A VAR review
surprisingly ruled no penalty but Sebastien Haller’s first two goals for West Ham United
City did not have to wait long to helped secure a 3-1 win over Watford.
Mark Noble opened the scoring after three minutes,
restore their two-goal advantage. converting a penalty after Abdoulaye Doucoure had
Bournemouth conceded pos- fouled Manuel Lanzini.
session cheaply from a Smith Watford responded brightly, with Gerard Deulofeu
throw-in, allowing David Silva to hitting the bar before Andre Gray leveled in the 17th
jink into the box before Agüero minute.
applied the final touch with a Will Hughes missed a glorious opportunity early in the
stabbed finish. second half to put Watford ahead, blazing over from two
The Cherries pushed for a way yards.
back into the game but were Haller made them pay, finishing Felipe Anderson’s cut-
unable to prevent a first defeat of back on 64 minutes before a close-range bicycle kick nine
minutes later confirmed the Hammers’ first win of the
the campaign as City’s dominance
season. C
of this fixture continued. C