City coast it against Seasiders

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

MANCHESTER City maintained their 100 per cent start to the Premier League season as Bournemouth were swept aside 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium.

Pep Guardiola’s men took the lead on 15 minutes when Kevin de Bruyne curled a low free-kick under the wall.

Kelechi Iheanacho doubled City’s advantage in the 24th minute. Raheem Sterling made it 3-0 from close range on 48 minutes, with Ilkay Gundogan marking his Premier League debut with a fourth goal on 66 minutes.

City finished the match with 10 men after Nolito was shown a straight red card on 86 minutes for putting his head towards Adam Smith’s face.

West Brom beat West Ham 4-2 at The Hawthorns, where Nacer Chadli scored twice and had a hand in their other two goals.

Arsenal moved into third place with a 4-1 win at Hull, who saw makeshift defender Jake Livermore sent off at the end of the first half.

Leicester’s £29million record signing Islam Slimani marked his Premier League debut with a brace as the champions beat Burnley 3-0 at the KP Stadium.

The Foxes took the lead on the stroke of half-time when Algeria frontman Slimani, signed from Sporting Lisbon, headed in a freekick.

Slimani bagged his second three minutes after the restart when nodding in a cross from Riyad Mahrez. On 78 minutes, Burnley defender Ben Mee diverted a cross from Mahrez into his own net.

Everton moved back up into second place, two points behind Manchester City, with a 3-1 win over Middlesbrough in the late kick-off at Goodison Park, where Toffees midfielder Gareth Barry celebrated his 600th Premier League appearance with a goal.