Man City go top as Man Utd, Chelsea flop again

Manchester City cruised to the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 win over Brighton yesterday as Manchester United and Chelsea lost further ground in disappointing draws with Southampton and Sheffield United.

Leicester moved up to third as the Foxes unbeaten start to the season continued in a 3-1 win over Bournemouth thanks to two goals from Jamie Vardy, while victories for Crystal Palace and West Ham take them into a share of fourth.

City win comes at a cost

Liverpool can move back above City should they continue the only 100 percent start left in the Premier League later at Burnley, but City was never in danger of dropping points at the Etihad as Kevin de Bruyne tapped home David Silva’s cutback after just two minutes.

The victory came at a cost for Pep Guardiola’s men as Aymeric Laporte was stretchered off with a knee injury that looks certain to rule him out of winning a first cap for France in upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers. City may come to regret not buying a replacement for departed captain Vincent Kompany at center-back as holding midfielder Fernandinho had to deputize at the heart of the defense for the final 52 minutes.

However, Aguero soon made the game safe by blasting high into the net just before the break and produced another sublime finish to curl into the top corner for his second 10 minutes into the second half. Substitute Bernardo Silva then rounded off the scoring for the champions.