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English Premier League: Sterling scores brace as Citizens stay perfect under Guardiola

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08-29-2016 15:54 BJT

To England where Man City were looking to stay perfect in the Premier League when they hosted West Ham. Since taking charge of the Citizens this season, Pep Guardiola has yet to lose a match, as the Spanish coach seeks to restructure the team around his successful style. And those tactics were on full display against the hapless Hammers, who have been torn apart by injuries.

English Premier League: Sterling scores brace as Citizens stay perfect under Guardiola

English Premier League: Sterling scores brace as Citizens stay perfect under Guardiola

City would show off some crisp passing, and the excellent flowing play leads to an early breakthrough when in the seventh minute, Nolito finds space on the left flank and cuts it back for Raheem Sterling to side-foot home, and make it 1-0. Beautiful goal. Ugly hairdo.

Just 11 minutes later, Kevin de Bruyne curls a lovely free-kick into the area and Fernadinho rises up to meet it, and it stays 2-0 for the hosts at half-time.

For his third league game in charge, Guardiola picks Willy Caballero in goal rather than England goalkeeper Joe Hart, and the Argentine picks up a bit of a knock shortly after the interval.

Hart enjoying a good laugh on the bench, not likely at Caballero's expense. But the bench is where he'll remain if he doesn't find a new club soon.

In the 58th minute, West Ham manage to get on the board when Michail Antonio connects on a header at the back post, cutting their deficit to 2-1. City's defenders unable to get to it and Guardiola's reaction says it all.

But his team restore their two goal lead courtesy of Sterling, as he slides his second of the night in from a tight angle, and it would finish 3-1 City with the victory giving them the top of the table. But there is cause for concern, as a Sergio Aguero elbow not seen in the highlights could result in a costly three-match ban for the forward. 

"I didn't see the image so I cannot comment. If hopefully nothing happened, it's happened we're going to accept that, and we're going to adapt and we're going to try our best with that one. Believe me I didn't see it," said Pep Guardiola, Manchester City manager.

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