Argentine striker Sergio Aguero opened up the scoring for Man City in 31st minute after Chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovic denied City on several occasions at the Etihad Stadium.

Sergio Aguero beats the Chelsea defence to score Manchester City’s opener

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany doubled the lead when he scored in the 79th minute with Fernandinho sealing off the game with a third goal in the 85th minute.

The victory capped City’s impressive start to the season following their 3-0 win at West Bromwich Albion and strengthened the belief of the title challenge.

The Defeat means that Chelsea have failed to win one of their first two league games for the first time since 1998.

Manuel Pellegrini was pleased after watching his Manchester City side register their second 3-0 win of the season against reigning champions Chelsea. Pellegrini said: “I’m very satisfied because it’s not easy to beat the champions. Chelsea are the best team, they won the title last season.

“In the first 45 minutes we deserved at least three goals. I think 3-0 is the minimum we deserved. “Last season we made a lot of mistakes, but we continue playing the same way. We’ve played just two games but in both we score three goals.

“We have more concentration in our defending, so that’s why we also have two clean sheets. It’s a balanced team but we never change the style.”

Man City now holds an early five-point advantage over Chelsea but Pellegrini claimed the difference was not significant at this stage of the campaign.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho stated that City’s 3-0 win was a fake result considering how good his team played in the second half.

Manuel Pellegrini and Jose Mourinho shake hands after Manchester City beat Chelsea 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Jose said: “The best team in the first half won the game.

“The best team in the second half was Chelsea for sure. We had a difficult first half, we didn’t create a lot and our goalkeeper made a few important saves.

“Second half everything was different. If the 1-0 was a doubtful result at minute 70, 3-0 is completely fake. At 1-0 Chelsea were the best team for the whole second half.”

Meanwhile Arsenal got their first win of the season with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Arsène Wenger’s side was much hyped after  a near to perfect pre-season but all their hopes of a title challenge were shuttered by a woeful 2-0 home defeat against West Ham United last weekend at the Emirates stadium.

Arsenal needed the win at all costs and got it after putting up a fight against Allan Pardew’s Crystal palace thanks to Olivier Giroud‘s superb 16th-minute volley and a Damien Delaney own goal in the 55th minute after Joel Ward had put Palace level.

Olivier Giroud celebrates with Hector Bellerin and Francis Coquelin after scoring a stunner against Crystal Palace in Arsenal’s 2-1 win

The win is a confidence boost for the Gunners and Arsene Wenger was grateful for his side to recover after a dismal display against West ham, “I’m very pleased with the three points. If we had gone two games and zero points it would be absolutely difficult and we knew this would be a tricky one,” Wenger said.

“Last week we had a bit of a stroll and thought we would win the game.
“Today we played real Premier League football from the first minute to the last. With the ambitions we have made, you have to have full commitment and we had that today,” said Wenger.

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Arsenal 0 Westham 2

GOALS:-Cheikhou Koyate 43rd, Mauro Zarate 57th

Arsenal’s start to the Premier League was less impressive in a loss to London rivals West Ham.

West Ham’s Cheikhou Kouyate, second from left, heads the ball to score his sides first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal

The Gunners were stunned as West Ham got away with a 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium. Cheikhou Koyate’s header before halftime and a low finish from Mauro Zarate in the 57th minute gave the Hammers’ new coach Slaven Bilic the perfect start.

Petr Cech, acquired by Arsenal from Chelsea in a somewhat surprising summer transfer, was at least partly to blame for both goals. The Czech stopper raced out to try and punch a Dimitri Payet free kick in the 43rd minute, only to miss as Kouyate headed into an empty net.

The second goal saw Zarate stole the ball easily from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in Arsenal’s defensive third, and took a few touches before curling a shot into the bottom corner with Cech being left flatfooted.

EVERTON 2 WATFORD 2

GOALS:- EVERTON: BARKLEY 76th; KONE 86th. WATFORD: LAYUN 14th; IGHALO 83rd.

Arouna Kone struck late on to secure a vital point on Watford’s return to the Barclays Premier League. Mexican Miguel Layun put Watford ahead in the first half before Ross Barkley equalized for Everton. Odion Ighalo’s goal put Watford ahead as the clock was ticking down  but substitute Kone pulled one back for Everton which ensured the matter was settled with a draw.

AFC BOURNEMOUTH 0 ASTON VILLA 1

GOAL:- VILLA: GESTEDE 72nd

Bournemouth was given a warm welcome to the Barclays Premier League by Aston Villa substitute Rudy Gestede and debutant who scored the winner for his new team.

Bournemouth, last season’s championship winners, wasted so many chances and were at least good enough to have picked  a point in the game.

CHELSEA 2 SWANSEA CITY 2

GOALS:- CHELSEA: OSCAR 23rd; FERNANDEZ OG 30th. SWANSEA: AYEW 29th; GOMIS PEN 55th.

Barclays Premier League champions Chelsea suffered a setback in the defence of their title when they had goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois sent off and dropped two valuable home points. Oscar gave Chelsea the lead with an early free kick only for debutant AndrÈ Ayew to level for the Welshmen. Federico Fernandez converted William’s cross beyond his own keeper to hand Chelsea the lead before Courtois was sent off and replacement Asmir Begovic was unable to stop Bafetimbi Gomis’ spot kick.

Thibaut Courtois was sent off against Swansea City on the weekend

LECIESTER CITY 4 SUNDERLAND 2

GOALS:- VARDY 11th; MAHREZ 18th, PEN 25th; ALBRIGHTON 66th. SUNDERLAND: DEFOE 60th; FLETCHER 71st.

Former Chelsea and new Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri began his reign at Leicester City by taking the club to the summit of the Barclays Premier league by beating up his counterpart Dick Advocaate.

Leicester scored from Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and Albrighton while Sunderland got their goals from Jermain Defoe and Steven Fletcher.

MANCHESTER UNITED 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0

GOAL:- WALKER OG 22nd.

Manchester United needed a Kyle Walker own goal to secure an unconvincing 1-0 home win over Tottenham Hotspur.

Kyle Walker scores an own goal for Manchester United

Walker made history with his own goal  became the first opening goal of the Premier League season to be an own goal.

United, whose manager Louis van Gaal was celebrating his 64th birthday, took the points after Walker, attempting to tackle Wayne Rooney, put through his own net.

NORWICH CITY 1 CRYSTAL PALACE 3

GOALS:- PALACE: ZAHA 39th; DELANEY 49th; CABAYE 90th. NORWICH: REDMOND 69TH.

Crystal Palace played out an entertaining game against promoted side Norwich though the result dominated by  a goal which was  controversially ruled out. Cameron Jerome’s hooked effort was wrongly ruled out by rookie ref Simon Hooper when it should have given the home side an equaliser. Wilfried Zaha and Damien Delaney had put Palace two goals up and after Nathan Redmond pulled one back for City, Jerome’s effort was ruled out and Eagles debutant Yohan Cabaye sealed the win.

Stoke City 0 liverpool 1

GOALS:- Philippe Coutinho 86th

Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho scored a stunning late winner to seal a 1-0 victory at Stoke City.

Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho Correia celebrates with team-mates after scoring the winning goal against Stoke City during the Premier League

This was a big game for Liverpool after the humiliation in the final game of last season — inflicting a 6-1 defeat on Brendan Rodgers’ team.

There was no repeat on Sunday with Coutinho’s moment of magic ensuring Liverpool walks away with all the three points.

Newcastle 2 Southampton 2

GOALS:- Graziano Pelle 24th, Papiss Cisse 42^nd, Gini Wijnaldum 48th,Shane Long79th

New Newcastle manager Steve McClaren had to settle for a point in a game where both sides had the lead for a while.

Goals from Papiss Cisse and new signing Gini Wijnaldum put Newcastle in command after Graziano Pelle’s 24th-minute opener for the visitors.

But substitute Shane Long rose to power home a cross from the Dusan Tadic with 11 minutes to go to secure a point.

The first round of matches concludes tonight when Manchester City travels to West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion Vs Manchester City preview

Unbeaten in their last five league games at the Hawthorns, Manuel Pellegrini’s men go into tonight’s encounter in high spirits and full of confidence.

England’s most expensive player Raheem Sterling, is set to be handed his first competitive start for the club.

Man City defender Gael Clichy and summer signing Fabian Delph will miss the game while England’s most expensive player Raheem Sterling, is set to be handed his first competitive start for the club.David Silva, Samir Nasri and Sergio Aguero are all available for selection.Meanwhile West Bromwich Albion summer signings Rickie Lambert (Liverpool), James McClean (Wigan Athletic) and James Chester (Hull City) are set to make their debuts for the club, although Serge Gnabry’s (Arsenal) loan move was completed too late for him to feature.

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The curtain-raiser of the 2015/16 season sees FA Cup holders Arsenal meet Premier League champions Chelsea for the Community Shield on Sunday at Wembley.

It is a highly anticipated game with the fierce rivalry between the two teams and their managers.

Arsenal has been so impressive in their pre-season campaign winning all their four games they have played.

The Gunners have also been able to score goals for fun finding the net 14 times against the likes of Everton, Lyon and Villarreal to clinch both the Premier League Asia Trophy and the Emirates Cup.

Theo Walcott has been very impreessive during the pre-season games

Meanwhile Chelsea has had to contended with tough games in their pre-season and come out strong.

The Blues have won four out of five matches in the Far East, Australia and the USA, winning against Barcelona and PSG in the International Champions Cup.

Both teams have been quiet in the summer transfers with Arsenal having brought in Petr Cech as the only arrival at the Emirates Stadium from Chelsea, with the Blues signing Radamel Falcao and Asmir Begovic as the only senior players.

Team News

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Alexis Sanchez will miss the game as he  enjoys a prolonged rest after helping Chile win the Copa America.David  Ospina is also still out having guided Colombia to the quarter finals of the same tournament.

The Gunners will look at their senior players to win the community shield with the likes of  Per Mertesacker, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Ozil,Theo Walcott  and Olivier Giroud all likely to make the starting  lineup. Arsenal will also be boosted with the news of Theo Walcott and Santi Cazorla signing new contracts according to the guarduian

Meanwhile Chelsea have injury scares with Gary Cahill and Diego Costa  both doubtful for the game. Cahill is struggling with a facial problem, while Costa is nursing what is thought to be a hamstring strain.

Chelsea will look to Diego Costa to guide them to the Community Shield trophy at Wembley against Arsenal

Arsenal possible starting lineup:
Cech; Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs; Coquelin, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ozil; Theo Walcott, Giroud

Chelsea possible starting lineup:
Courtois; Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Azpilicueta; Fabregas, Matic, Willian, Oscar, Hazard;Costa

Head To Head

Chelsea has a fantastic eight-game unbeaten record against the Gunners that stretches back to 2011. Last season saw the Blues beat Arsenal 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League before a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has never registered a win against his nemesis Jose Mourinho and it will be interesting to see how the game fares on Sunday.

Arsene Wenger will face his nemesis Jose Mourinho again at Wembley

The game will be enticing with Chelsea legend Petr Cech playing against his former Team for the first team.

we wait to see whether Cech out performs Courtois and guide Arsenal to the community Shield Trophy with the stats showing him as a better goalkeeper.

Opta stats

The FA Cup winners have only won one of the last five Community Shield matches, though this was Arsenal in last year’s game.

The Gunners have gone 482 minutes without a goal against Chelsea.

Arsenal have won their last four games at the new Wembley, after failing to win any of the first three (D1 L2). They did beat Wigan on penalties in that drawn result, however.

Neither side has failed to score in games at the new Wembley Stadium (Arsenal – 7 games, Chelsea – 13 games).

The Blues have won eight of their 13 games at the new Wembley (D2 L3). They’ve won once and lost once on penalties following those two draws.

The last two red cards shown in the Community Shield match have been to Chelsea and Arsenal – Branislav Ivanovic for the Blues in 2012 and Francis Jeffers for Arsenal in 2003.

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Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schweinsteiger to train with Man United teammates for first time today

The pair will link up with their new colleagues before boarding a plane at Manchester Airport and jetting off for the club’s pre-season tour of the US

Manchester United have a light stretching session this morning before flying to Seattle to begin their two-and-a-half week pre-season tour.

New signings Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin are expected to take part in the session and join their new United team-mates on the 2.30pm flight from Manchester-mirror

Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin is set to complete a move to Manchester United

It proved to be a hectic Sunday for the Old Trafford club with Bastian Schweinsteiger flying into Manchester for a medical and striker Robin van Persie heading the other way, arriving in Istanbul ahead of his proposed transfer to Fenerbahce-sky sports

Manchester United identify Edinson Cavani as Robin van Persie replacement

Edinson Cavani is Louis van Gaal’s No1 choice to fill the vacancy left by Robin van Persie who will complete his move from Manchester United to Fenerbahce on Monday. Any prospective deal for Paris Saint-Germain’s Cavani may involveÁngel Di María going the other way as the French club want the Argentinian and Van Gaal is considering allowing him to go-guardian

Louis van Gaal makes £67m call in Man Utd’s chase for major Arsenal target Gonzalo Higuain

MANCHESTER UNITED have dropped their interest in Gonzalo Higuain after baulking at Napoli’s asking price.

Louis van Gaal is on the lookout for a new striker but Higuain’s £67m release clause is deemed too expensive, according to The Sun on Sunday–Daily star

Angel di Maria on PSG wishlist, confirms Laurent Blanc

Paris Saint-Germain boss Laurent Blanc has confirmed the club are interested in signing Manchester United midfielder Angel di Maria.

Angel di Maria of Manchester United on PSG wishlist

The Ligue 1 club were in the race to sign the Argentine last summer but lost out to United, who offered a club record £59.7million to prise him away from Real Madrid-standard

Saints find Morgan replacement

Ronald Koeman is moving quickly to take Feyenoord midfielder Jordy Clasie to Southampton as Morgan Schneiderlin is set to depart. – Clubcall

Raheem Sterling lands £10m-a-year pay deal with Manchester City slickers

Sterling, 20, will move to City for £49m on a £200,000-a-week contract, earning him a £10.4m yearly salary.

The player is due to sign a five-year contract that will push up City’s overall outlay to more than £100m.

The extraordinary deal – a record between two Premier League clubs for an English footballer – was struck between Liverpool and City after a day of negotiations yesterday-independent

De Laurentiis: ‘I wish’ I could sell Higuain

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis is desperate to sell Gonzalo Higuain and has said “I wish” another club would buy the striker.

Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain is being linked with move to England

The 27-year-old Argentina frontman has a 90million euros (£64million) release clause in his Napoli contract though and De Laurentiis will not allow him to leave for anything less-football365

Morgan Schneiderlin completes Manchester United medical ahead of £24million move

The French international will take United’s summer spending to close to £80million when he signs a four-year deal at Old Trafford

Morgan Schneiderlin completed a medical at Manchester United on Sunday night ahead of a £24million move from Southampton.-mirror

Arsenal striker agrees deal to join Champions League club

ARSENAL striker Yaya Sanogo has agreed to join Ajax on a year-long loan deal.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is a fan of France Under-21 international Sanogo and wants him to get Champions League game time at the Dutch club- telegraph

Arsenal and Chelsea target Mattia Destro’s agent in London to push through transfer

WEST HAM’S stunning transfer for Mattia Destro is nearing completion with the player’s agent in London to finalise the deal.

The player spent the second half of last season on-loan at AC Milan but now looks set to leave Italy all together-Daily star

Denis Cheryshev of Real Madrid could replace Raheem Sterling’

The People reports that Liverpool have made a bid of £22m for  Cheryshev, who is entirely Russian, and plays predominantly on the left wing.

Mario Balotelli is being dangled in front of Fiorentina on season-long loan with Liverpool taking Mario Gomez in exchange-telegraph

Raheem Sterling’s record Manchester City move will leave QPR £9million richer

Raheem Sterling’s imminent record-breaking £49million transfer to Manchester City will provide a very timely boost for recently-relegated Queens Park Rangers.

Liverpool have accepted an initial bid of £45m from their Premier League rivals, with a further £4m in add-ons, and QPR are set to pocket £9m from the deal.

Raheem Sterling has agreed to join Manchester City in a record-breaking £49million transfer.

The Reds signed Sterling as a 15-year-old from the west London club for an initial fee of £400,000 in 2010, but there was also a 20 per cent sell-on clause inserted into the deal set up by Frank McParland – who is currently Director of Football at Burnley-Daily mail

Marseille reject Newcastle bid for attacking midfielder

Marseille have rejected a bid from Newcastle for Florian Thauvin.
The attacking midfielder was expected to be on the move this summer as Marseille try to balance their books.

Clubs in Germany have made enquires but Newcastle are reportedly the frontrunners after positive scout reports-talksport

Spurs preparing double swoop for Everton midfield duo

Tottenham want both James McCarthy and Kevin Mirallas at White Hart Lane

Chelsea confirm £8m signing of goalkeeper Asmir Begovic from Stoke

Chelsea have completed the £8m purchase of Asmir Begovic from Stoke City with the Bosnia international replacing Petr Cech as Thibaut Courtois’ understudy at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea have comfirmed the signing of goalkeeper Asmir Begovic from Stoke

Begovic, capped 41 times, has signed a four-year contract with the Premier League champions and will travel with the first-team to Montreal on Wednesday as José Mourinho’s squad begin their preparations for the defence of their trophy-guardian

Arsenal days away from Faouzi Ghoulam deal?

Arsenal are reportedly just a few days away from sealing the transfer of Napoli defender Faouzi Ghoulam.

The Algerian full-back featured in the Europea League team of the season last campaign and it is thought thatArsene Wenger has been in talks with the player’s representatives over the past week-sportsmole

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