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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Yaya Toure celebrates with his team-mates after scoring in their premiership game againstWest Bromwich Albion

Toure scored with two shots from outside the area in the ninth and 24th minute as the visitors led the match from the start. Captain Vincent Kompany headed in the third in the 59^th minute signaling that Manuel Pellegrini’s side is a serious contender for the league title after surrendering the crown to Chelsea last season.

With City’s new signing Raheem Sterling putting up a good shift in the game, it just shows the good things to come for the citizens this season,

The win propelled City to go on top of the standings after the opening weekend with the most dominant and convincing display they put out.

STATS: #MCFC‘s dominant display saw them complete the most passes. Clear of Arsenal. Bournemouth and Everton #SSNHQ pic.twitter.com/HaVBwtY1Rt

— Sky Sports News HQ (@SkySportsNewsHQ) August 11, 2015

After champions Chelsea were held to a 2-2 draw against swansea, Arsenal losing to Westham and Manchester United and Liverpool both earning scrappy 1-0 wins, this was the peak of the first round.

Much more will be seen when a fully fit Sergio Aguero is back in the Team and the expected arrival of kevin de Bryne from Wolfsburg.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini recognized how overcoming last season’s woes will help the Ivory Coast star, Yaya Toure to shine in the Barclays Premier League again.

Manuel Pellegrini praises Yaya Toure after helping his team to a 3-0 win against West Bromwich Albion

He said: “I always said last season it was a strange season for Yaya, he started with a lot of problems, the death of his brother, his agents. I think he was not focused on what he had to do last year.

“We spoke before the start of the season and I am very sure we will see the Yaya from two years ago. He is a very important player for us.

“I don’t think Yaya deserved the amount of criticism he received last season. It was not his best season but he did not play so, so bad like everyone said.

“He is an important player for us. It is very difficult for a player when you have so many problems.

West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis admitted he was to blame for West Brom’s 3-0 defeat. Pulis acknowledged that starting Saido Berahino and debutant Rickie Lambert up front was a wrong move

“I take responsibility for the way we set up,” he told Sky Sports.

“The fact we had Saido and Rickie, who played really well together, pulled us away from what we should do. I said to them afterwards I’d take responsibility for that one.

“If I had my time again, I’d probably do it differently, but that’s management.

“There are certain things we have to stick by and certain principles we have to work alongside to get results at this level and I’ve gone away from that a little bit tonight.

“I was really pleased with the way they worked, they worked really hard

“We created quite a few chances as well but we were far too loose as a team. You have to give credit to City. They were the better team tonight.”

The 3-0 win against West Bromwich Albion saw odds on Manchester City winning the Premier League being slashed with Manuel Pellegrini’s side, who were third favourites on the eve of the season now being the bookies’ top choice to win the title, with Chelsea and Arsenal both slipping down a place.

Manchester City is now 13/8, with Chelsea available at 15/8, Arsenal and Manchester United both available at around 5/1

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