Man City crush Bournemouth, Arsenal also claim second win

LONDON : Two games into the new season champions Manchester City have already raised the bar high as they crushed promoted Bournemouth 4-0 on Saturday to maintain their fast start.

Arsenal joined them on six point as former City striker Gabriel Jesus struck twice in a 4-2 win over Leicester City.

Leeds United looked on course for a second successive win but squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Southampton - one of three draws on a sultry Saturday afternoon.

Manchester United, bidding to avoid a second successive defeat under new manager Erik ten Hag, were in action later in the day at Brentford.

City, bidding for a fifth Premier League title in six seasons, cruised to an opening win at West Ham United and were equally dominant against Bournemouth.

They wasted no time getting into their stride in the sunshine as Norway striker Erling Haaland marked his home debut with an assist for Ilkay Gundogan's opener after 19 minutes.

City then cut loose and scored a sumptuous second 12 minutes later when Kevin De Bruyne curled a fine strike into the net with the outside of his foot.

Phil Foden added another before halftime from De Bruyne's assist and it was just a matter of how many more the hosts would help themselves to. In the end they only managed one more courtesy of Jefferson Lerma's own goal but they spent most of the second half on cruise control.

The arrival of Jesus has created quite a buzz at Arsenal and the Brazilian marked his home debut with a virtuoso display with two goals and two assists against Leicester.

A delightful chip gave his side the lead in the 23rd minute and he made it 2-0 with a header at the far post.

Leicester twice clawed themselves back to within a goal of the hosts thanks to an own goal by William