Man City beats West Brom 3-0 in Premier League

The match is on August. 10, 2015 at 3 p.m. ET.

Played for both – Georgios Samaras: The Greek striker was brought to Man City for £6m by Stuart Pearce in 2006, but soon found himself the target for criticism from supporters who did not warm to his style of play.

Manchester City look will be desperate for a positive start to their 2015/16 Premier League campaign, the Citizens are coming off a busy yet inconsistent pre-season which saw their defence exploited more times than they would have liked.

Raheem Sterling, making his City debut after his high-profile £49million switch from Liverpool, ghosted into space and cut a ball back that Navas and then Bony looked odds-on to meet.

It should be a relatively easy task against West Brom, as Manchester have dominated their rivals – beating them in their last seven meetings since 2012. City will travel to West Brom to face a resilient Albion side that has proven hard to beat, especially in front of their home fans. Manchester City has an opportunity to make an early statement by beating West Brom comprehensively at the Hawthorns.

Silva deflected in Toure’s shot – which also got a touch off a defender – for the opening goal with the visitors’ dressing room giving the Spain star the credit.

Just when it seemed things could barely get worse, City boss Manuel Pellegrini introduced Sergio Aguero, the league’s top scorer last season.

It was Silva who earned the man-of-the-match award but Pellegrini also praised fellow midfielder Toure and suggested the Ivorian could rediscover the form of 2013/14 when he scored 20 Premier League goals to help fire City to the title.

“We spoke before the start of the season and I am very sure we will see the Yaya from two years ago”.

He added: “It’s something that gives us extra motivation”.

“I’m always pleased when my teams score”.

“I take responsibility for the way we set up”. They were not strong enough in the later months of the regular season to compete with the top teams, but have made a number of transaction, which Tony Pulis thinks will give them a fighting chance. I think we did really well. I said to them afterwards I’d take responsibility for that one. We did a massive job today. Are City in a holding pattern, waiting for a superstar manager and saving up for a spending spree next summer?