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Your support makes all the difference.The Premier League is back! The new season got underway as newly-promoted Burnley hosted the reigning champions Manchester City at Turf Moor.
From the off, the champions showed that they haven’t missed a step as Kevin De Bruyne broke into space on the right wing, whipped in a cross and found Rodri in the box. He nodded the ball down to Erling Haaland to tapped it home for the opening goal. There were four minutes on the clock at the time.
Despite a spirited response from Burnley Haaland outdid himself later in the first half after receiving the ball from Julian Alvarez. He took a blind shot at goal and smoked home a blistering finish that ricocheted off the underside of the crossbar to send the visitros into the break two goals up.
Rodri then added to Burnley’s woes who with a well taken third in the second half before a bad night for Vincent Kompany’s men was capped off with a late red card to Anass Zaroury.
Relive the action as the Premier League returns with Burnley hosting Manchester City:
Manchester City treble heroics were ‘once in a lifetime’ triumph – Pep Guardiola
Pep Guardiola feels it is “almost impossible” for Manchester City to repeat last season’s treble-winning heroics.
City will begin the 2023-24 campaign as favourites in all competitions but Guardiola is not expecting a repeat of last term, when his side claimed Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup success.
“It feels like it finished yesterday but we start again,” said the City manager, whose side travel to Burnley for their Premier League opener on Friday.
Manchester City treble heroics were ‘once in a lifetime’ triumph – Pep Guardiola
City will begin the 2023-24 campaign as favourites in all competitions but Guardiola is not expecting a repeat of last term.
The Premier League is having an identity crisis – but one thing can save it
If the Premier League is to become a title race between Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta once again, it will not be the only way they stand apart. They are two of the only people in the competition who seem to think anyone other than Manchester City can win the title. Even Guardiola’s opinions on that have to be viewed with some caution, however, given the performative humility he occasionally displays.
A tight title race certainly isn’t what the Catalan expects from his City players on the eve of the season. Guardiola is demanding more perfection.
Some of the other public comments on the issue from Jurgen Klopp and Erik ten Hag are similarly for the benefit of their own squad, but it should still be notable for the Premier League that the managers of its two biggest clubs are now so open about how closed off the title is.
The Premier League is having an identity crisis – but one thing can save it
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Burnley vs Manchester City
Kompany also admitted that he will be able to put aside his connections with Manchester City when his Burnley team look to get their season off to a flying start.
“It has been an awkward month or so with congratulations flying back and forth between a lot of the people I know there,” said Kompany about City.
“They won the league, then FA Cup, then Champions League. They are people I have worked and lived with many years of my life. The contact will always be there.
“Now we have to put everything behind us and go toe to toe. We will try to do the best we can.
“Our concern is starting the league with everyone on zero points, so we have to get the best of ourselves and that is what we care about.”
Burnley vs Manchester City
Burnley have won one of their last 23 league matches against Manchester City (with six draws and 16 defeats). The Clarets have lost each of the last eight by an aggregate score of 26-1.
City have claimed 11 consecutive victories versus the Clarets in all competitions, scoring 40 goals and conceding one.
David Moyes: Man City bid for Lucas Paqueta was nowhere near our valuation
West Ham manager David Moyes hopes to be able to complete deals for both James Ward-Prowse and Harry Maguire – but stressed Manchester City’s bid for midfielder Lucas Paqueta was “not anywhere near” the club’s valuation.
Southampton midfielder Ward-Prowse is having a medical ahead of his transfer to east London, while Maguire remains in discussions with United about the terms of his exit from Old Trafford.
West Ham are understood to have knocked back an initial £60million approach for Paqueta from the Premier League champions.
David Moyes: Man City bid for Lucas Paqueta was nowhere near our valuation
West Ham are understood to have knocked back an initial £60million approach from the Premier League champions
Kompany ready to face Man City
Burnley manager Vincent Kompany wants his side to ‘embrace the game’ as the Clarets host Manchester City on in the 2023/24 Premier League season opener.
Speaking to the media ahead of the match, Kompany described facing Pep Guardiola’s side as one of the ‘best challenges’ his team could ask for.
He said: “We play against such a good opponent, a team filled with players and people that I know, of course, but probably the best challenge you could ever have, you could ever ask for.
“It will be a great night for everyone involved at a sold-out Turf Moor and I want the team to embrace this game and hopefully the fans can do the same.
“The start of the season is always about building cohesion as fast as you can and without it costing too many results but we’ve been through it before so we know what we have to be cautious about and we’ll also have the opportunities once we’ve gone through it.
“We are well aware of the threats that City have and how strong of a side they are and we need to be at it.”
Treble winning season was ‘once in a lifetime’ says Guardiola
Pep Guardiola believes it will be impossible for Manchester City to repeat their treble winning season this year and that his team’s achievement was ‘once in a lifetime’.
“It is impossible to do what we did last season,” said Guardiola speaking ahead of the Premier League’s return tonight.
“It’s once in a lifetime, I said to the players forget it, we climbed the highest mountain but now we come down the mountain and we start from there with everyone with the same intention.
“It will be difficult to climb as high as possible and we will see our football, our behaviours, our mentality, will dictate how the season will be.
“Football and sport, what we’ve done will remain in our hearts and minds but it’s over.
“Every season we start from zero again, but our history speaks for itself. It’s almost impossible to repeat, we’re aware but we know how difficult it was and will try to do a good performance against Burnley, and after Newcastle then Sheffield United and game by game.”
The factors which could stop Man City making Premier League history
Manchester City get their season up and running with a short trip to Burnley this evening, Pep Guardiola ready to re-acquaint himself with Vincent Kompany as the Belgian prepares to take charge of his first game in the English top flight. A fourth consecutive Premier League crown would be unprecendented - Richard Jolly has been digging back through the history books to try and explain why.
The factors which could stop Man City making Premier League history
Pep Guardiola and his team are aiming to become the first club in history to achieve fourth year in a row as English champions
Burnley vs Manchester City
Pep Guardiola says he wants his team to build some early rhythm over the first few weeks of the new season and that his mind isn’t on challenging for the Premier League title yet.
“It feels like it finished yesterday but we start again from zero and try to play game by game,” said the Manchester City boss.
“In September you don’t think about the title. But our level, day-by-day we will try to be better than the day before and go for it. We’re here so we’ll try.”
Inspired appointment Vincent Kompany repaying Burnley’s gamble
Long before Burnley’s charge to the Championship title brought a century of points and perhaps even more plaudits, Alan Pace experienced a different kind of charge. It was a more unwelcome sight.
Some 15 months ago, before the game against Newcastle that decided their destiny, the Burnley chairman declared they would remain in the Premier League “for a long time.” A couple of hours later, they were relegated.
Cue the rancour.
“To have people come up to the directors’ box on their way out and almost charge at the directors’ box, and yell and scream and tell you to eff off and go die, I don’t think people are really ready for that,” Pace reflected. “I know I wasn’t. And then walking down the street and people are waving with one of their five fingers and yelling stuff. The hardest part was being with family when people were telling us to go home: this is home.”
It is safer for him to show his face in public now. “It is way, way better when things are going well. People are very respectful and kind.”
Inspired appointment Vincent Kompany repaying Burnley’s gamble
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