MANCHESTER CITY with a convincing 3-0 away win against WBA opened the new Premier league season. The 32-year-old midfielder Yaya Toure in the 9th minute on Navas’s assist scored an early opener, and in the 24th on assist of Bony he scored again to give his team a 2-0 half time lead. In the 59th minute Kompany sealed the final 3-0 win when escaped Lescott to head Silva’s corner beyond Myhill from a tight angle. Citizens could have scored even more goals but Navas, Silva, Sterling and Bony were not accurate. City with a win over WBA jumped to first place above Leicester City, Crystal Palace and West Ham.

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Match Highlights

Team lineups
Man City bench: Caballero, Zabaleta, Denayer, Demichelis, Nasri, Iheanacho, Aguero.
Man City (4-4-2): Hart; Sagna, Kompany, Mangala, Kolarov; Navas, Toure, Fernandinho, Silva; Sterling, Bony.
West Brom bench: Rose, Olsson, Jacob, McManaman, Sessegnon, Anichebe, Ideye.
West Brom (4-4-2): Myhill, Chester, Dawson, Lescott, Brunt; Morrison, Gardner, Fletcher, McClean; Lambert, Berahino.

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