Manchester City beats West Brom 3-0 in Premier League opener

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany feels the club has a point to prove this season after failing to seriously challenge for the Premier League title in 2014/15, with a thumping win over West Brom in their opening game of the new campaign a ideal way to begin.

Both Kompany and Toure were singled out for below-par performances last season as City allowed Chelsea to claim their first Premier League title since 2010 at a canter, but the Ivorian insists he was satisfied with his achievements.

“There are a lot of favourite teams now and we’re not part of it, I’ve heard”.

“It gives us extra motivation”.

“Yaya knows what happened last season”.

Rickie Lambert, James Chester and James McClean could all make debuts for The Baggies whereas Serge Gnabry didn’t sign in time to register, the player signed on loan from Arsenal on Friday.

They have already seen neighboring rivals Manchester United win their first match against Tottenham Hotspur, while Liverpool also beat Stoke City at Britannia, so they must try to get their victory against West Brom if they want to keep at pace. In the first 30 minutes we did that very well.

He failed to touch the ball until the 4th minute however he slowly got into the game shown glimpses of what City have added to their squad with a few lighting runs at the West Brom defence.

Another nick off Dawson saw a Bony shot drift wide shortly after the half-hour mark, before Sterling missed a golden opportunity to mark his debut with a goal – his effort saved after being sent through one-on-one with the former Wales goalkeeper.

“I think that the important thing is that you need an overall change in leadership”, said the prince, who described Platini as “not good for FIFA” when the UEFA president launched his campaign two weeks ago.

“It will be a big game very early in the season and I’m sure it will matter”, Kompany said. I played Saido Berahino and Rickie Lambert and that left the midfield too open.

Rondon’s arrival could pave the way for a move away from West Brom for England striker Saido Berahino who has been linked with various clubs including Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur. I think that he was not focused last year maybe on what he had to do, but we spoke long before the season. Pulis added “I’m chalk and cheese from when I started but society has changed, compare what was going on then and what’s going on now”.