(AFP) Saturday 19 September 2015
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Kevin de Bruyne's first goal for Manchester City was not enough to salvage their 100 per cent start against West Ham United, who have defeated Arsenal, Liverpool and Manuel Pellegrini's side in their first three away games this season. City fell behind in the sixth minute when on-loan Chelsea winger Victor Moses fired home from 20 yards for the first league goal conceded by Pellegrini's club this term.
Senegal forward Diafra Sakho netted the visitors' second from close-range in the 31st minute. Belgium midfielder De Bruyne marked his first City start with a clinical finish in first half stoppage-time. But a brilliant Adrian save from Nicolas Otamendi's header ended the hosts' winning run at five matches and lifted West Ham into second place with a valuable 2-1 victory.
Kurt Zouma and Eden Hazard gave Chelsea a 2-0 win over nine-man Arsenal on Saturday as the simmering feud between the bitter rivals boiled over with red cards for Gabriel and Santi Cazorla. Watfordheaped more misery on former England manager Steve McClaren with a 2-1 win at Newcastle Unitedwhile Bournemouth managed their first ever English Premier League home win in beating Sunderland 2-0.
Chelsea made their numerical advantage count in the 53rd minute when French defender Zouma was left unmarked to head in a Cesc Fabregas free-kick. Belgium midfielder Hazard guaranteed the champions' second league victory of the season in the 90th minute when his strike deflected off Calum Chambers to leave the Gunners without a league success against the Blues since 2011.
Odion Ighalo kept Newcastle in the relegation zone as the Nigerian forward's double inspired Watford's 2-1 win at St James' Park. Ighalo gave Watford a tenth minute lead with a low strike and he increased their advantage with his fourth goal in six matches in the 28th minute. Newcastle ended a nearly 500-minute goal drought when Dutch defender Daryl Janmaat netted in the 62nd minute, but McClaren's team were unable to avoid their third consecutive loss.
Ten-man Sunderland slipped to the bottom of the table alongside north-east rivals Newcastle after their fourth defeat of the season. Bournemouth, in the top tier for the first time, raced into a two-goal lead inside the first nine minutes, with Callum Wilson striking in the fourth minute before Matt Ritchie smashed in a superb volley. Sunderland's miserable day was completed when French defender Younes Kaboul was sent off for a second booking in the 74th minute.
Saido Berahino came in from the cold to fire West Bromwich Albion to a 1-0 win at local rivals Aston Villa. Berahino had threatened to go on strike after Albion refused to sell him to Tottenham Hotspur on transfer deadline day and was dropped for several matches.
Leicester City staged another impressive fightback to maintain their unbeaten record with a 2-2 draw at Stoke. Former Barcelona forward Bojan Krkic put Stoke ahead in the 13th minute and Jon Walters doubled their lead seven minutes later. But the second-placed Foxes had come from two goals down to beat Aston Villa last week and they reduced the deficit in the 51st minute through Riyad Mahrez's penalty before Jamie Vardy equalised in the 59th minute.
Elsewhere, Everton's Kevin Mirallas was sent off for a foul on Modou Barrow in the final moments of his side's 0-0 draw at Swansea City.
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