Man City are hungrier for EPL this season: Coach Pellegrini

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany backed defender Eliaquim Mangala to eventually prove his worth in the Premier League.

Much as he did after defeat in the Community Shield when he accused Arsenal of “leaving their philosophy in the dressing room”, Mourinho said that City boss Manuel Pellegrini had abandoned his attacking principles by replacing Raheem Sterling with Martin Demichelis with the score at 1-0. “What they did in the first we did in the second“, Mourinho said.

Chelsea goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, making his full debut after the red card for first choice Thibaut Courtois against Swansea, had made a hat-trick of saves to deny Sergio Aguero before the opener just after the half hour by the Argentina striker.

One deal did go through, however, with Chelsea announcing after the game they had signed 21-year-old Ghanaian left-back Baba Rahman for an undisclosed fee from Augsburg.

“We know what we haven’t done well in the first two games but there is another 36 and we have to improve ourselves”, he said. The win gave City the top spot in the league rankings, with six points in goal differentials ahead of Leicseter City’s three goals and Manchester United’s two.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho admitted his side had been outclassed in the opening exchanges, telling reporters: “When the game started and ten seconds later you have Aguero behind the defensive line and facing Begovic, immediately you get the notion that the start wasn’t good“.

“I don’t know if you ask many questions to (Rafael) Benitez, Andre Villas-Boas, Roberto di Matteo, to the ones that never played him“, Mourinho replied, citing some of his predecessors in the Chelsea dug-out.

John Terry was not in Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s initial plans for the game against Manchester City, per the Daily Mail. “It was a great performance”.

Into the 2nd half the fans were stunned when John Terry was substituted for Kurt Zouma.

“If the 1-0 was a doubtful result at minute 70, 3-0 is completely fake”, he explained.

The off-field tactics didn’t work, rather boomeranged, as City took control of the game early and outplayed Chelsea to win convincingly. “He is a very important player for us and I believe this season he can be even better”.