Manchester City, vicecampioana din Premier League, a pus punct primei etape din noul sezon cu o victorie stralucitoare, 4-0 in fata lui Newcastle United, rezultat in urma caruia a preluat sefia clasamentului.
Cu un nou tehnician pe banca, Manul Pelegrini, cel care in aceasta vara l-a inlocuit pe Roberto Mancini, “cetatenii” erau obligati sa tina pasul cu rivala Manchester United, dupa ce elevii lui David Moyes au invins lejer la Swansea, scor 4-1, adversara Petrolului Ploiesti, in play-off-ul Ligii Europa.
Newcastle a jucat in 10 oameni, in repriza secunda, dupa ce fundasul Steven Taylor a fost eliminat in prelungirile primei parti.
Echipele care au evoluat:
CITY: Hart – Zabaleta, Kompany (71 Javi Garcia), Lescott, Clichy – Toure, Fernandinho – David Silva (80 Negredo), Aguero (62 Nasri), Navas – Dzeko
Antrenor: Manuel Pellegrini;
NEWCASTLE: Krul – Debuchy, Coloccini, Taylor Yanga-Mbiwa – Tiote, Gutierrez (44 Anita) – Ben Arfa (65 Sammy Ameobi), Sissoko, Gouffran (45+4 Dummett) – Cisse
Antrenor: Alan Pardew.
Rezultatele primei etape:
Liverpool – Stoke City 1-0
Arsenal – Aston Villa 1-3
Norwich – Everton 2-2
Sunderland – Fulham 0-1
WBA – Southampton 0-1
West Ham – Cardiff City 2-0
Swansea – Manchester United 1-4
Crystal Palace – Tottenham 0-1
Chelsea – Hull City 2-0
Manchester City – Newcastle 4-0
CLASAMENT
Loc | Echipa | Joc | V | E | I | Goluri | G.dif. | Pct |
1 | Manchester City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 4 | 3 |
2 | Manchester United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-1 | 3 | 3 |
3 | Aston Villa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-1 | 2 | 3 |
4 | Chelsea Londra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 | 3 |
5 | West Ham United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Liverpool FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Southampton FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Fulham FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Norwich City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Everton FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 |
12 | Crystal Palace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | -1 | 0 |
13 | Stoke City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | -1 | 0 |
14 | Sunderland AFC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | -1 | 0 |
15 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | -1 | 0 |
16 | Arsenal Londra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | -2 | 0 |
17 | Hull City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | -2 | 0 |
18 | Cardiff City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | -2 | 0 |
19 | Swansea City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-4 | -3 | 0 |
20 | Newcastle United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-4 | -4 | 0 |