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Two Raheem Sterling goals and one from Fernandinho sealed a 3-1 win for Manchester City over West Ham, maintaining their 100% record 6.10pm BST Related: Manchester City continue winning start as Raheem Sterling sees off West Ham 5.57pm BST That should be yer lot from here. Cheers for reading, everyone. 5.56pm BST That was a rather curious game. City’s control was total in the first half, but after the break they seemed …

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Today’s fluff is a few votes short of a majority Tottenham ’s search for a striker has now taken them to Roma, where they are busily discussing a possible £11.5m move for their 20-year-old Paraguayan ace Antonio Sanabria . Mauricio Pochettino wants to sign two forwards this summer, with Alkmaar’s Vincent Janssen pencilled in as the other, and have turned to Sanabria after cooling their interest in Marseille’s Michy Batshuayi because of his club’s £30m asking price and the …

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• Season begins on 13 August and ends on 21 May 2017 • Leicester start at home to Hull, Arsenal face Liverpool Dates subject to change due to live broadcast selections and to accommodate European and domestic cup matches. 13 August 2016: Bournemouth v Manchester United, Arsenal v Liverpool, Burnley v Swansea City, Chelsea v West Ham United, Crystal Palace v West Bromwich Albion, Everton v Tottenham Hotspur, Hull City v Leicester City, Manchester City v Sunderland, Middlesbrough v Stoke City,

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With the Manchester clubs struggling for consistency, will West Ham, Southampton, Stoke or even Liverpool put together a run and land fourth place? By Martin Laurence for WhoScored? , part of the Guardian Sport Network While results at the weekend suggest the Premier League title is now a two-horse race, the battle for Champions League places is tighter than ever. Arsenal will hope that their win at Everton – which ended a …

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Today’s fluff is reeling from aftershocks Leicester City fans caused seismic waves with a magnitude of 0.3 when they celebrated their 89th-minute winner against Norwich , according to Leicester University students who were testing for earthquakes nearby at the time. But there may be more than a minor tremor in the city when it is discovered that Jamie Vardy ’s new contract contains a clause that allows him to leave the club for a relatively affordable £30m, a…

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Leicester, Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester City may well have been joined by Manchester United and West Ham in the title race after an incredible midweek. We rank the teams in six categories in an attempt to predict the winner On Tuesday night the Leicester City manager, Claudio Ranieri, bemoaned the fact that his side had not managed to break down West Bromwich Albion at home to pull six points clear of the chasing pack. It…

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Home record continues West Ham United 2-2 Manchester City Saturday’s late afternoon kick off was another chance for the club to show how much we have improved and that we deserve to be where we are in the league table at present. Playing Manchester City is never going to be easy, despite having already beating them at the Etihad earlier on in the season we knew although at home they would be a stern…

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• Manuel Pellegrini to rely on Sergio Agüero, David Silva and Vincent Kompany • West Ham’s Slaven Bilic praises team for stretching title contenders While José Mourinho picked the wrong moment to talk about fake results when Manchester City thumped Chelsea 3-0 in August, the recently unemployed one certainly made a valid point about how the final score can unfairly alter the narrative. Mourinho’s line came to mind after more ruthless finishing from Sergio …

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• City go into Saturday’s match with West Ham in third place • Pellegrini dismisses speculation that Yaya Touré could leave Manuel Pellegrini has challenged his Manchester City players to underline their Premier League title credentials at West Ham on Saturday. City are third in the table, trailing second-placed Leicester and the leaders Arsenal by only a point. But their results have been inconsistent, particularly away from home where they have won only one of their past…

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Perhaps it’s not the best league in the world but who wants a runaway leader? We’ve no idea what’s coming next in Europe’s most compelling competition A third of the way through the Premier League season and it is still to take shape. There is a pleasingly old-fashioned look to the table, with the top seven separated by six points. To put that into context, 12 games into last season, the leaders Chelsea had six points more than Manchester City do now…

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The Guardian looks at some of the best young talent coming through at Premier League clubs, identifying one player from each club born between 1 September 1998 and 31 August 1999, an age band also known as first-year scholars. We will then follow their progress over the coming years See how our 2014 picks have got on in the past 12 months Continue reading…

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A Cold Tuesday in Stoke? After two wins in a week, everyone can certainly see the shape Slaven wants the side to have, keeping possession where possible, defend deep and to hit on the break with pace and when it works like it did so well against Newcastle it is good on the eye. However, the one down side to our high-profile away form is the opposition are going to be wary …

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• Manchester City midfielder says top flight is now more competitive • Touré rejects idea of being rested for Capital One Cup Yaya Touré believes the Arsenal Invincibles will never be emulated because the Premier League has become more competitive, while the midfielder is unconcerned after Manchester City lost their unbeaten domestic record to West Ham . The 2-1 defeat was the first time their defence had been breached in the league after City had recorded five wins from five games. It…

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Manchester City Vs West Ham United match review Manchester City 1-2 West Ham United Saturdays late afternoon kick off was a daunting trip to Manchester City’s Etihad stadium to face a squad full of very expensive talent. West Ham’s day was made slightly easier when David Silva pulled out of the game after picking up an injury during the warm up. The Hammer have already been very impressive on the road with superb away wins …

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• City lose 2-1 at home for second time in a week following Juventus loss • Second-placed West Ham have now beaten Arsenal, Liverpool and City away For perhaps the first time since Manuel Pellegrini’s Cool Hand Luke act arrived at Manchester City the Chilean’s mask slipped after this second 2-1 defeat at home in five days. West Ham United’s fine victory had a jubilant manager, Slaven Bilic, likening his emotion to entering a hostelry “full of girls” and Pellegrini visibly…

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Slaven Bilic’s West Ham are turning into away specialists. Three of their four victories this season have been on their travels and as the wins have come at the Emirates, Anfield and now the Etihad, no one could accuse them of going about it the easy way. This was not quite as gobsmacking as the first two, except that Manchester City did happen to be top of the league with a 100…

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Premier League updates from the 5.30pm BST kick-off at the Etihad Vincent Kompany’s passion makes him prone to injury, says Pellegrini And email nick.miller@theguardian.com or tweet @NickMiller79 6.50pm BST 60 mins: Change for West Ham, as Moses goes off and is replaced by Michail Antonio, the deadline day signing from Nottingham Forest. 6.50pm BST 59 mins: Kolarov lines up a shot from about 30 yards, and it sails well, well wide and…

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• Manchester City captain to miss visit of West Ham because of calf problem • Nicolás Otamendi likely to make first start since £32m move from Valencia Manuel Pellegrini believes Vincent Kompany’s intensity makes the defender vulnerable to injury, though he says it is difficult to ask Manchester City’s captain to change his approach. Kompany will miss Saturday’s game against West Ham United and Tuesday’s Capital One Cup trip …

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• Manuel Pellegrini confirms captain’s calf injury has not healed in time • Nicolás Otamendi could be brought in to replace Kompany Vincent Kompany will miss Manchester City’s games against West Ham United and Sunderland due to a calf problem and is to be assessed ahead of next week’s trip to Tottenham Hotspur. The captain suffered the injury in Tuesday evening’s 2-1 defeat to Juventus in the Champions League group match. It was the 10th occasion Kompany has …

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West Ham have a chequered past when it comes to the League Cup and this year would be an excellent opportunity to write a positive chapter in their history in the competition.

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Today’s fluff has nothing to say here Manuel Pellegrini is furious. He is slamming doors. He is snapping at strangers. And if that cat comes looking for milk one more time, he is going to swiftly find out just how painful it is to be on the receiving end of Pellegrini’s best impression of Bryan Cullen bisecting the posts at Croke Park. And it’s all down to that damn riddle. They were all down the pub…

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Today’s tittle-tattle has still never been offered a free coffee in Pret A Manger The problem with spending £49m on a player who has yet to achieve very much is that the rest of the world’s clubs tend to notice. And so, if you’re a club such as Manchester City and have recently bagged Raheem Sterling for that kind of fee, then Wolfsburg aren’t going to flog you Kevin De Bruyne for less then £50m. …

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From Arsenal’s Daniel Crowley to West Ham’s Reece Oxford, we cast our eye on the young players who could stake a claim for a place in their first teams over the next few weeks There is excitement at the club about this diminutive attacking midfielder, who turns 18 next month and ticks so many boxes for Arsène Wenger. Crowley has excellent close control and technical ability; he can pick a pass and find pockets of space and, above all, he…

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• Defender turned down Internazionale, Sunderland and West Ham • Richards pays tribute to Manchester City supporters on his Instagram account Micah Richards will take his medical examination at Aston Villa on Tuesday to complete a free transfer from Manchester City and resurrect his career in the Premier League after a year on loan with Fiorentina. Richards has turned down the chance to join his former manager at City, Roberto Mancini, at Internazionale to accept Villa’s terms …

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From Leicester City’s destruction of Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United to freescoring Chelsea’s superb win at Goodison, here are five contenders for match of the season. Now submit your suggestions • Have your say in the other categories too Welcome to theguardian.com review of the 2014-15 Premier League season . Now that the campaign has ended we would like you to help us choose your favourite goal, the best referee and the best manager, and other winners in a …

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Brendan Rodgers’ tinkering is harming Liverpool, Manchester United may have bigger problems than David de Gea leaving and clubs queue up for Danny Ings In Manchester United’s 1-1 draw in the final home match of the season on Sunday Old Trafford might have bade farewell to David de Gea, Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao as each player’s future at the club is unclear. While De Gea seems more and more certain to depart for Real…

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