City join United at top

Manchester City joined neighbours United on maximum points and climbed to first in the Premier League with a convincing 4-1 win at Stoke on Saturday.

Last week’s 2-1 defeat of Sunderland was followed by Wednesday’s 5-0 Champions League win at Steaua Bucharest. At Stoke, two goals each from Sergio Aguero and Nolito brought City’s goals total to 11 in three games.

First-half finishes from Aguero, the first from the penalty spot, had given City a convincing lead.

Stoke’s Bojan Krkic scored a penalty in the 49th minute but Nolito secured the win in the 86th before adding his second five minutes into stoppage time.

Chelsea also reached six points coming from behind to win 2-1 at Watford.

A late winning goal from Diego Costa from close range secured all three points for new manager Antonio Conte.

Substitute and summer signing Michy Batshuayi had equalised seven minutes earlier in the 80th minute after Etienne Capoue had given Watford a 55th-minute lead.

The result leaves Chelsea in fourth place with six points from two games, behind only City, United and Hull, who won 2-0 at Swansea with goals from Shaun Maloney and Abel Hernandez.

Arsenal and champions Leicester responded to losses in the opening weekend of the season by drawing 0-0 at the King Power Stadium.

Burnley impressively earned their first points of the season by defeating Liverpool 2-0.

Their visitors’ 4-3 win at Arsenal last weekend suggested they could emerge as title contenders. But for all of their dominance of possession and their many goalscoring chances, they were unable to overcome Burnley’s resilience.

Sam Vokes scored from outside the area in the second minute, and Andre Gray added their second in the 37th minute from similar range.

Tottenham climbed to sixth, on four points, with a 1-0 home win over Crystal Palace, Victor Wanyama heading in his first goal for the club.

Fifth-placed Everton also have four points after a 2-1 win at West Brom.