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But the hosts were unable to break down West Ham’s stubborn defence again.

Despite having regularly been sucked into relegation battles due to all manner of problems (which I wrote about for SB Nation’s main site earlier in the week), they’ve had an annoyingly good record against United over the last couple of years.

West Ham United winger Dimitri Payet has admitted that he and his teammates are continuing to grow in confidence following their impressive start to the season. “It is a competition where we know we have a chance”, the former Croatia boss told a pre-match press conference.

The loss sees Sunderland exit the Capital One Cup while City move on.

Despite the defeat against West Ham, City retained top spot in the Premier League at the weekend, with Pellegrini’s team two points clear of second-placed Manchester United.

With 3 different goalscorers and an own goal, Manchester City sealed their passage to the fourth round of the Capital One Cup in style as Ola Toivonen only managed to get a consolation for Sunderland in the second half.

On loan Chelsea star was too good to stop, his direct running and dribbling caused lots of havoc in the City’s defenses, resulting to a 2 goal lead in 31st minute.

West Ham are now the only team this season to beat Arsenal (2-0), Liverpool(3-0) and Manchester City(1-2) all at home, emphatic!

Shaw had an operation on the leg at the St Anna Ziekenhuis hospital on the outskirts of Eindhoven on the night of the match and stayed there until he was given the all clear to return to Manchester on Saturday.

Coming into this weekend’s fixture, both teams have endured identical results from their opening 4 games this season (WWDL).

The England centre-back has joined the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Frank Lampard in the updated Guinness Book of World Records for a brace he scored for United against Burnley.

The National’s Sport cover for the Monday, August 31 issue, featuring Bafetimbi Gomis as Swansea City defeated Manchester United in the Premier League.

Tottenham Hotspur could make a shock move for Liverpool outcast Fabio Borini if they fail to land Saido Berahino this summer. Mauricio Pochettino knows that the Spurs could’ve been at the top of the table, but three costly mistakes have killed momentum for the Spurs.

Chelsea’s title defence has not got off to the ideal start, with the Premier League champions picking up just four points from their opening three games of the season.

It also bailed out a defence that Wenger admitted in his post-match press conference was “insecure” after the late withdrawal of first-choice centre-backs Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny due to injury.