Grealish nets 1st Man City goal

London, Aug. 21: Jack Grealish scored his first goal for Manchester City as the Premier League champions thrashed Norwich 5-0, while title rivals Liverpool extended their perfect start with a 2-0 victory against Burnley on Saturday.

Grealish marked his home debut following his British record $136 million move from Aston Villa with a close-range effort to double City’s lead in the first half. Tim Krul’s own goal had given City the lead at the Etihad Stadium. Aymeric Laporte, Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez netted in the second half to ensure City bounced back from last weekend’s defeat at Tottenham. City had been beaten in both of Grealish’s previous appearances, losing the Community Shield against Leicester and then slumping in their Premier League opener.

But Grealish’s first goal since January helped show Pep Guardiola’s side they can cope without Harry Kane.

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At Anfield, Liverpool earned a second successive wins thanks to goals from Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane, but Reds boss Jurgen Klopp was angry with Burnley’s aggressive tackling.

Jota scored Liverpool’s first goal in the 3-0 win at Norwich last weekend and the Portugal forward gave Klopp’s men the lead again with an 18th minute header from Kostas Tsimikas’ cross. Senegal winger Mane opened his account for the season in the 69th minute. Senegal winger

Mane opened his account for the season in the 69th minute.

Teenage midfielder Harvey Elliott picked out Trent Alexander-Arnold and the defender’s deft pass to Mane was slammed past Nick Pope from 12 yards.

However, Klopp was frustrated that Sean Dyche’s side, renowned for their physical approach, were able to get away with some thunderous challenges due to lenient refereeing.

Raphinha’s rocket rescued Leeds in their 2-2 draw against Everton at Elland Road.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin put Everton ahead in the 30th minute, converting a penalty after Liam Cooper’s challenge on the England striker. —